activity LED is the only active element on this network drive. It’s All About the Architecture Of course, attaching a drive directly to the network instead of to a PC via USB, eSATA, Firewire or whatever, takes a bit more capability inside the box. For the...

The connectors are arranged along the edges of the notebook. On the right are 2 USB ports, 2 mini-jacks, and an SD card reader. On the left: 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, 1 RJ45 (network), and 1 additional USB (for a total of 3). There’s no e-SATA, FireWire, or ExpressCard...

Express Card slot, an Ethernet port, an SD card reader and a pair of mini jacks for audio in/out.  That's by no means a bad haul given the size of the computer, but there's still no denying that both e-SATA and FireWire would have been useful additions. Flipping...

be relatively quiet. Connectivity Here's the list of interfaces on the Wind Top: 4 USB (the Asus Eee Top has 6), 2 mini-jacks, and 1 RJ45 connector. What's missing? A video out for connecting a second display, e-SATA and FireWire connectors, an...

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On the front edge, dual headphone out and microphone in mini-jacks are visible; lurking in the edge unseen is the unit’s IR port. On the left side, from left to right: two USB ports, RJ-45 GbE, Expansion/dock port, VGA, HDMI, E-SATA, and FireWire ports;...

are visible at the center; you can’t see the IR receiver that’s also situated here. Left side, from left to right: two USB 2.0 ports, RJ-45 GbE, expansion/dock port, VGA, HDMI, eSATA and Firewire ports. After that, a 5-in-1 memory card reader (SD, MS,...

the eSATA connector on the back shows that this unit supports a faster interface. The ST3500601XS-RK includes a 2-port PCI interface card that provides eSATA connections for computers whose motherboards lack support eSATA, as well as the cable necessary to...