another laptop question

[jk the sooner fan]

is there a brand of laptop that has PCMCIA slots as a custom feature in most/all of their models

Dell does not, so do not suggest

[yermom]

huh?

most Dells i see have PCMCIA slots, do you not want one?

[oumartin]

toshiba!

[mdklatt]

Don't all laptops have PCMCIA slots? :confused:

[jk the sooner fan]

the IT guy said that all models used to have that slot but in the last year or so, they dont

and i called dell and asked which models have those, and i was told none

[soonerinabilene]

My gateway came with one standard, didnt have to add it on. Its only 6 months old.

[Frozen Sooner]

My VAIO has one, and I bought it just about three-four months ago.

[GrapevineSooner]

My Compaq that I bought last November does not have a PC Card slot (use of term is of personal preference).

Which is kind of odd given the popularity of wireless broadband cards offered by the major telecom companies.

[oumartin]

my new air card is usb!

[yermom]

it appears they have moved to ExpressCard

what are you wanting the slot for?

[Stoop Dawg]

maybe one of these would help

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/usb_pc_card2.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/24/allegiances-usb-pc-card-adapter/

[jk the sooner fan]

it appears they have moved to ExpressCard

what are you wanting the slot for?

for a verizon wireless card

[yermom]

yeah, i was thinking it was something like that

the only other brand i'd consider is IBM and i think they went to ExpressCard before Dell, but i'm not sure if they are exclusively using them

[jk the sooner fan]

sony says they dont have them either

the company has a small toughbook they'll let me use but the screen is like 10 inches, so i'm just going to get my own but i want to use the verizon card they have hooked up with this one so i can get internet when i'm traveling

[yermom]

you could probably find a refurb with one at the Dell Outlet

i'd look at the D620 here: http://www.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/latit?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb&~ck=mn

[oumartin]

ask verizon for a usb card. they may or may not have them

[StoopTroup]

maybe one of these would help

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/usb_pc_card2.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/24/allegiances-usb-pc-card-adapter/
What good is an 8-track player gonna do for him?

[Stoop Dawg]

He can chill with the oldies instead of wasting time on the innerweb.

[King Crimson]

What good is an 8-track player gonna do for him?

how else is he gonna listen to Cheap Trick at Budokan?

[jk the sooner fan]

thanks for the link yermom, i got a nice dell refurb for a good price that has the PCMCIA slot