MWSF: Magma releases ExpressBox, external PCI Express for desktops
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 17, 2008 at 12:22pm
Magma has announced the availability of ExpressBox, an US$2,799 external PCI Express expansion product for for desktop computers, at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo. It provides a solution for attaching up to seven PCI Express cards to a desktop or server through a x8 PCI Express slot on the Mac Pro.
The ExpressBox is designed for expanding the available PCI Express slots of workstations and servers. It provides seven full-length PCI Express slots. This is a stand alone chassis in an industry standard enclosure with its own power supply.
The PCI Express slots are equipped to be hot swappable. This chassis allows the flexibility to expand I/O capabilities of servers and workstations utilizing the built-in transparency of PCI Express architecture.
The “Macsimum MWSF 2007 Coupon Book” is available for download. You can find it here and print it as a PDF. It has discounts, special offers and promotions in conjunction with the upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
Want to know what’s going on at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo? Check out Hess Events List.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
