ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Is Out X5 Up to 5Gb/s

[Nikolai Pigarev]

ExpressCard 2.0 Spec Is Out and Promises to Be 10x Faster
That could be nice!!!

And it looks like an easy and quick adaptation to older tech.

http://www.slashgear.com/expresscard-20-finalized-5gbps-for-10x-faster-cards-0946480/

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The guys at Slash Gear need to brush up on their basic math skills; 10X faster than what?. :) People also need to remember than the current ExpressCard 1.2 spec is actually "2.5X". ExpressCard 2.0 is "5X", so double the speed of the current ExpressCard spec.

Most of us were expecting to see ExpressCard 2.0 in the updated Macbook Pro systems... Instead, we got none. ..Yes, I'm still bitter over the announcement.

[Frank Jonen]

@jeff: Pro stands for "Prosumer" at Apple, not for Professional.

[Zack Birlew]

I don't get what the point is of announcing technology like this when it's still a few years away. Where's USB 3.0? Already there's new Firewire standards coming out to compete and who knows what will happen a year from now! Heck, then you have to ask yourself if it will even matter anymore by then. Displayport is a good example of this, I'm not seeing anything of worth using Displayport, even professional grade production LCD's. Then you have to wonder about whether there will be some new standard that comes out and trumps Expresscard. Remember when P2 came out and everyone was switching over to Expresscard a few months later? Then we have to worry about things like a total fumble case like Apple that cuts off a rising industry laptop standard for all but their most expensive top model.

Finally, there's always the one thing that usually pops up with new tech like this. It may not even come out! Heck, it would be lucky if there was a delay but there's a very good likelihood that it will die off simply because it came out too late. It could also die off shortly after its release too either because of the aformentioned problems or because it simply didn't work all that well after all. Remember RDRAM and how it was supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread? Whoa, that was a bad fall and quick too!