No firewire = think Im fucked

[J the TyranT]

Some of you may know my Mac took a shit like 2 years ago and Ive been assed out ever since... long story... but anyways:

Ive got access to this Lenovo thats pretty powerful... cept no firewire...

It DOES have an express card.. but its some shit called a MINI expresscard, and its through the fucking baseplate on the bottom.

So Im pretty much fucked in my ability to use my digi002, right? I see THIS little fucker here:

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-FireWire-Adapter-FIREWIRE-External/dp/B00666RA28[/ame]

But who knows whats up with that and if it'll work, etc etc...

Anybody got any ways I can get something going here?

 

[J the TyranT]

ALSO:

This is the PDF for placement on the machine.. the Y570... got an i7, blah blah:

http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/user_guides/y470_y570_ug_en.pdf

 

[nwright]

From what I'm reading on the hardware maintenance manual, it looks like that mini PCI express slot is reserved for the wireless LAN and/or TV card, and probably not something that would allow an easy connection.

pg 41....
http://www.manualowl.com/m/Lenovo/IdeaPad-Y570/Manual/192378

Firewire card slots on laptops is scarce these days, especially on mid priced machines. Although, HP just came out with the ProBook series and they have card slots.

 

[aortizjr]

Yeah from the looks of things you will probably have to go USB. On the upside USB interfaces are better now than they used to be.

 

[J the TyranT]

Yeah figured it'd be some fucking nightmare like that. Thanks guys. Suppose I'll just wait another few months cuz Im getting an MBP anyways... just thought I could at least stay active with this setup for a bit, hahahah... what a stupid fucking setup.