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> There's a reason that, except for a few early suitcase-sized ones, we never saw laptops with ISA/PCI/PCMCIA slots succeed in the market, and laptops had the a

> There's a reason that, except for a few early suitcase-sized ones, we never saw laptops with ISA/PCI/PCMCIA slots succeed in the market, and laptops had the advantage to start out as desktops, which had slots. Huh? PCMCIA/CardBus/ExpressCard was a standard feature in more or less all laptop until just a few years ago.

coldtea 10y ago
Only if by "just a few years ago" you mean "almost a decade or more ago", and by "on more or less all laptops" you mean "some high end models".
- barrkel 10y ago
  Every PC laptop I've bought or used, at every price range (including cheap Acer emergency replacement after theft), had a peripheral slot. Higher end models had two. Even the Thinkpad on my desk right now has a ExpressCard slot.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    You'd be very surprised. Dell Expiron 5520 (2012) http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/dell/dell_inspiron_15r_5520_2012_model_ivy_bridge_notebook_review/432342/ http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/dell/dell_inspiron_15r_... Sony VAIO A-series (2012) http://www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/sony-vaio-e-series-2012-review/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/sony-vaio-e-seri... ASUS G73JH (2010) http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/asus-k42j-review/ http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/asus-k42j-revie... HP Pavilion dm3t (2010) http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/hp-pavilion-dm3t-2010 http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/hp-pavilion-dm3t-20... Just some random models, I literally just put the name of a brand + a date in the past and opened a review. No ExpressCard in any of them. Maybe you went out looking for laptops with such slots? It was hardly "every laptop" and even less "at every price range" that had them.
    - barrkel 10y ago
      No, I didn't. The cheap Acer's slot turned out to be handy for a Wireless G+ card when the builtin wifi stopped working. Most of the time, the little placeholder plastic thing never gets removed.

coldtea 10y ago

Only if by "just a few years ago" you mean "almost a decade or more ago", and by "on more or less all laptops" you mean "some high end models".

barrkel 10y ago
Every PC laptop I've bought or used, at every price range (including cheap Acer emergency replacement after theft), had a peripheral slot. Higher end models had two. Even the Thinkpad on my desk right now has a ExpressCard slot.
- coldtea 10y ago
  You'd be very surprised. Dell Expiron 5520 (2012) http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/dell/dell_inspiron_15r_5520_2012_model_ivy_bridge_notebook_review/432342/ http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/dell/dell_inspiron_15r_... Sony VAIO A-series (2012) http://www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/sony-vaio-e-series-2012-review/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/sony-vaio-e-seri... ASUS G73JH (2010) http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/asus-k42j-review/ http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/asus-k42j-revie... HP Pavilion dm3t (2010) http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/hp-pavilion-dm3t-2010 http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/hp-pavilion-dm3t-20... Just some random models, I literally just put the name of a brand + a date in the past and opened a review. No ExpressCard in any of them. Maybe you went out looking for laptops with such slots? It was hardly "every laptop" and even less "at every price range" that had them.
  - barrkel 10y ago
    No, I didn't. The cheap Acer's slot turned out to be handy for a Wireless G+ card when the builtin wifi stopped working. Most of the time, the little placeholder plastic thing never gets removed.