You forgot the most prominent feature of PCMCIA/PC Card: You can stuff them inside of the laptop instead of carrying bunch of USB dongles and cables. For stora

You forgot the most prominent feature of PCMCIA/PC Card: You can stuff them inside of the laptop instead of carrying bunch of USB dongles and cables. For storage expansion this was easy way to get more space but of course network cards required additional dongle for the RJ45 connector etc. But still the idea was awesome :)