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Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card vs Lindy 4-Port SATA II Card

7specifications compared
6differ
1identical
4known for one product only

Key differences

The Lindy 4-Port SATA II Card has 1 more ports quantity than the Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card (4 vs 3). Only the Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card has mac compatibility. Host interface: CardBus on the Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card, PCI on the Lindy 4-Port SATA II Card. Connector(s): 3x 6-pin FireWire FM on the Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card, 3x SATA FM on the Lindy 4-Port SATA II Card. Product colour: Black, Silver on the Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card, Red on the Lindy 4-Port SATA II Card.

Host interface
- 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card:CardBus
- 4-Port SATA II Card:PCI
Connector(s)
- 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card:3x 6-pin FireWire FM
- 4-Port SATA II Card:3x SATA FM
Product colour
- 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card:Black, Silver
- 4-Port SATA II Card:Red
Ports quantity
- 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card:3
- 4-Port SATA II Card:4
Mac compatibility
- 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card:Yes
- 4-Port SATA II Card:No

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Comparison of 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card, 4-Port SATA II Card
11 specifications	A Lindy 3-Port CardBus FireWire Card View product	B Lindy 4-Port SATA II Card View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Host interfaceDiffers	CardBus	PCI
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Connector(s)Differs	3x 6-pin FireWire FM	3x SATA FM
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black, Silver	Red
Other features3 differ
Data transfer rateKnown for one	400 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports quantityDiffers	3	4
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Server 2002, 2008 Mac OS 8.6 +	Win NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Server 2003, 2008 Linux
Mac compatibilityDiffers	Yes	No
Featuresidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

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