Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: APM realy sucks on 2.6.x | Date | Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:48:40 -0400 |
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Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > >>| PCMCIA... well, that's another obsolete technology. Too bad. >> >>PCMCIA is obsolete? Did I miss something, or was this a joke? > > > Obsoleted by cardbus, I believe. (cardbus cards look like PCMCIA > cards, but electrical protocol is different) Plus, as someone else > noted, stuff moves into mainboard. USB also replacs part of what > PCMCIA was for.
Cardbus maybe, USB not. USB is very nice, but it's not typically SMALL. A PCMCIA NIC card is a credit card size, a USB NIC is a box plus a cable. Before you tell me I don't need it please name the affordable laptop which has 2 NICs.
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