I think controller cards <B>are</B> the only way to add firewire or usb 2.0 to any computer. As for brands, I've only had experience with Koutech. I bought the card from newegg for only ~25 dollars.

Apple customers unhappy that the company dropped FireWire from its newest notebooks are venting their frustrations on the company’s support forum in several hundred messages. “Apple really screwed up ...

I've got some data on an HDD I want to recover. My PC is already at its max number of connected HDDs (PSU and IDE limits), and connecting the HDD with the data I want to my PC isn't possible, as it ...