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Wintec FileMate 48GB Ultra ExpressCard | 
| Brand: Wintec
Category: CE
Buy New: $166.41
Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 18426
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
nv:Drive Type: Solid State Drive
Interface: Mini USB 2.0, PCI-e
Interface Type: Express Card
Write Speed: up to 65 MB/sec
MPN: 3FMS4D48M-WR
Model: 3FMS4D48M-WR
UPC: 800953016789
EAN: 0800953016789
ASIN: B001QSZDJ8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 48GB Capacity | | • | Read: 115MB/s; Write 65MB/s | | • | PCI-E and Mini-USB Interface | | • | No moving parts | | • | Compact design |
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Product Description
The Wintec 48GB Filemate ExpressCard Solid State Drive is a NAND memory flash drive, designed to deliver a high performance, removable storage solution.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Very nice but be careful! August 10, 2010
I was impressed by the performance stats when decided to own one. We bough two units along with my friend and both arrived dead. RMA with manufacturer, the replacement I received was working, my friends got dead one again. And again. So he gave up. Let me correct this statement. Devices themselves were operational via USB, PCI interface was defective. It slows down, hangs the bus and finally forces computer to freeze (we both use Mac Book Pro late 2008). I feel I just got lucky when I received working unit (it still working after 7 months of use). If your ExpressCard uses USB or you just intend to use it as USB stick go ahead and buy it (obviously you wouldn't get PCI speed out of it). But if you intend to get most of it be prepared to run via large number of RMAs. There is no guarantee that you will get the working unit ever.
 Consider to get this one June 6, 2010
1. this thing runs hot, my mac book pro gets lots of heat in the express card slot area when this card is in.
2. it doesn't work in lenovo T60 express card slot, doesn't even recognize it, USB cable helps but speed is 4 times slower than when in express card slot
3. make sure to perform full format before using it (even if it comes pre-formated)
4. works well on mac so far, wakes up etc. - all works
5. I run few vmwares from it, notice delays in writes from time to time
In general, good SSD card, got mine from amazon
 Poor Windows Support May 22, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have tried this card in 4 windows laptops so far and I am really surprised at the lack of driver support. I tried 2 Vista and 2 Windows 7 OS's and while sometimes the OS will mount the card for the most part it is pretty useless. There are no drivers on the WinTech site for this card. It seems this card works well for Mac users (based on the reviews) but beware that Windows users may have a pretty spotty experience with it like I have.
Works Great for Backups May 3, 2010
So far, this is working well for initial Time Machine backups with a MacBook Pro while on the road. Still unsure how reliable it will be in the long term, but so far so good.
 Too thick for MacBook Pro 6,1 (04/2010) Model May 1, 2010
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Recently purchased two of these units for my new MacBook Pro 6,1 (04/2010) model. Neither unit fits properly into the ExpressCard slot. While it is possible to force the SSD unit all the way into the ExpressCard slot, it then becomes wedged into the slot and the spring loaded eject feature no longer works. I had to use various tools to pry the SSD unit out of the ExpressCard slot. I don't imagine the enclosure of these SSD units will last very long if I have to pry them out of the ExpressCard slot each time I need to eject them. These units slide in about half way just fine, and then they start to become wedged into the slot. Let that be a warning to anyone else trying this...if it doesn't slide in all the way with ease, I'd advise not forcing it in unless you never plan to eject or remove it.
I also happen to have a Lexar 16GB ExpressCard SSD and a Transcend 32GB ExpressCard SSD. Both of those units fit properly into the MacBook Pro 6,1 ExpressCard slot and the spring loaded eject feature works just fine.
These Filemate ExpressCard SSDs do fit properly into my MacBook Pro 4,1 (02/2008) model and the spring loaded eject feature works just fine.
Comparing the thickness of the various SSDs, there is no noticeable difference or anomaly I can see with the naked eye. But based on how these varying units insert into the ExpressCard slot, it seems obvious the Filemate SSDs bow out in the middle of the enclosure. I'd also say the ExpressCard slot in the MacBook Pro 4,1 is a hair taller than the new unibody MacBook Pro 6,1 model, so maybe Apple's manufacturing tolerances have changed between the older assembly style MacBook Pro enclosures and the new unibody enclosures.
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