Something to keep in mind, is that at best ExpressCard/34 will give you ~110MB/s speeds (read or write).
That's almost native speed for many single 7200rpm drives, so it may very well work out for you.
I recommend going the Thunderbolt route, simply to avoid doing things twice over. Whether you decide to go with a Tbolt hub (which if you look @ Belkin's specs, it's 2.5GB/s on the USB 3.0 ports, not the full 5.0GB/s; see here: http://www.belkin.com/us/p/F4U055tt) or go the Buffalo MiniStation route, as NAND prices continue to fall, I have no doubts that we will see 750+ GB SSDs coming down in price over the next year.
I hope to see Samsung make a BIG push with their TLC NANDs, and eagerly away the chance to swap out my 750GB 7200rpm drive I installed into my Buffalo MiniStation with a LARGE SSD.
Thunderbolt will allow that SSD to run at near-native speeds, and faster than USB 3.0 will allow.
While I wish my 17" MBP had USB 3.0, I'm very pleased with Thunderbolt thus far. Once Haswell comes out, I hope to see Tbolt FINALLY start penetrating the marketplace!
That's almost native speed for many single 7200rpm drives, so it may very well work out for you.
I recommend going the Thunderbolt route, simply to avoid doing things twice over. Whether you decide to go with a Tbolt hub (which if you look @ Belkin's specs, it's 2.5GB/s on the USB 3.0 ports, not the full 5.0GB/s; see here: http://www.belkin.com/us/p/F4U055tt) or go the Buffalo MiniStation route, as NAND prices continue to fall, I have no doubts that we will see 750+ GB SSDs coming down in price over the next year.
I hope to see Samsung make a BIG push with their TLC NANDs, and eagerly away the chance to swap out my 750GB 7200rpm drive I installed into my Buffalo MiniStation with a LARGE SSD.
Thunderbolt will allow that SSD to run at near-native speeds, and faster than USB 3.0 will allow.
While I wish my 17" MBP had USB 3.0, I'm very pleased with Thunderbolt thus far. Once Haswell comes out, I hope to see Tbolt FINALLY start penetrating the marketplace!