Expresscard

[dominique355]

My laptop has a built-in feature which so far I have not been able to use, or even to understand. It's called "ExpressCard" and as far as I understand, is supposed to replace the PCMCIA card.

But ... I have never seen an ExpressCard in real and nobody seems to have heard of it or knows any application.

Do you?

[webfact]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard

[dominique355]

Thanks Webfact, but have you ever seen in real such an ExpressCad adaptor or any real application? (I mean here in Bangkok, not in a Electronic Fair) ?

[webfact]

Thanks Webfact, but have you ever seen in real such an ExpressCad adaptor or any real application? (I mean here in Bangkok, not in a Electronic Fair) ?

I must admit no, because I do not need that stuff but I suggest you try it @ Pantip or Fortune.

[wxpwzrd]

Sure - Network adapters and mobile modems.

[Guest Reimar]

Sure - Network adapters and mobile modems.

Plus eSata Crads, Com Ports Cards pp.! Available at Pantip and other bigger IT Malls.

[monty]

Sure,

I have one of these:

http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/AC880E_AC881E.aspx

Internet access wherever you are, only forget the 7.2 Mbps in Thailand, we're only getting 0.2 Mbps on the antique Edge network

I was actually annoyed by the express card standard, as it in one go made all my PCMCIA cards unusable on my new laptop

[dominique355]

Thanks Raimar, Thanks Monty.

I felt like you, Monty, I have this new laptop and discovered this ExpressCard slot on the side, wondering what I can do with that.

It would be great to find some sort of an external hard disk for back-up. In understand ExpressCard can use a SATA adapter to which you can attach any SATA hard disk, but that's not as elegant as a hard disk built into the ExpressCard, like they used to make for the PCMCIA cards. Oh well, I can always use a USB external HD.

And may be in the future, this standard will actually come up with some useful stuff.