- FirmTek targets MacBook Air owners with hub for FireWire, eSATAPosted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on Apr 14, 2008 7:27 PM Subscribe Alerts2 comments

- Announced on Monday at the NAB expo in Las Vegas, the forthcoming SeriTek/SpyderHUB storage hub will support FireWire and eSATA drives and provide interesting capabilities including eSATA booting for Mac...[Read the rest]
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