Comments on: ExpressCard in MacBook Pros

By: Dr. Bob Bracket

Dr. Bob Bracket — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:25:59 +0000

you guys are such babies…
enjoy the new technology and stop whimpering

By: David Schor

David Schor — Sat, 06 May 2006 20:07:15 +0000

Certainly Apple is not the first to go this route – but they appear to be foolishly abandoning their core customer base for the Pro laptop. MacBook lacks a PC-card slot, lacks FW800, and lacks a modem or s-video port. I, for one, can’t see myself downgrading my connectivity by switching to the MacBookPro anytime soon – although the 17″ having FW800 is a step in the right direction, the market cannot support a PC-card free notebook at this time. Serious Power users demand connectivity NOW, not sometime in the nebulous future. ExpressCard has been around for nearly three years, still with no EVDO option available. Apple appears to have jumped the gun a little on this one. Perhaps by the holiday season they will rectify these problems, by ensuring the availability of EVDO-A cards for ExpressCard, and hopefully putting FW800 into the 15″ MacBook. Without those two options, a lot of PowerBook users will stay PowerBook users.

By: The Apple Blog » ExpressCard in MacBook Pros

The Apple Blog » ExpressCard in MacBook Pros — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 08:13:40 +0000

[...] o. Apple appears to be pioneering the industry-wide ExpressCard migration(oh snap, sorry about that). As of this writing, not a single a [...]

By: Patrick Lacson

Patrick Lacson — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:32:18 +0000

Do your homework. Both Dell and HP ship laptops that feature the ExpressCard slot, as do a variety of other PC laptop manufacturers.
Do your homework. Both Dell and HP ship laptops that feature the ExpressCard slot, as do a variety of other PC laptop manufacturers.

Ouch!

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:40:19 +0000

Apple appears to be pioneering the industry-wide ExpressCard migration. As of this writing, not a single Dell laptop appears to ship with ExpressCard (Product details –> tech specs –> Ports & Connections). Similar story for HP.

Do your homework. Both Dell and HP ship laptops that feature the ExpressCard slot, as do a variety of other PC laptop manufacturers.

Even Dell’s lowest end laptops, the Inspiron B120 and B130 ship with ExpressCard support. Not only that but they support ExpressCard/34 AND ExpressCard/54.

On the HP side.. their flagship ZD8000 desktop replacement laptop features ExpressCard, as does the HP dv8000z.

HP/Compaq, Dell, Toshiba, Fujitsu, and IBM all currently have laptops with ExpressCard slots. All are already shipping, and have been shipping for sometime.

Apple isn’t pioneering the ExpressCard migration, it had already begun before Apple even joined the party.