MBP's 34 express slot

[McBeats]

umm... What the hell is actually being made that supports this slot... I stil haven't seen one Sound Card/Audio interface that utilizes that slot so far.....


Whats up Apple? Did you guys jump onto this way too soon or what?

 

[cptpower]

well, I don't know about audio, but eSATA is a pretty popular use for the Express/34 slot.

 

[tracetritt]

i use it for an extra two firewire ports and an extra usb port. works like a charm

 

[bagelche]

umm... What the hell is actually being made that supports this slot... I stil haven't seen one Sound Card/Audio interface that utilizes that slot so far.....


Whats up Apple? Did you guys jump onto this way too soon or what?

I wish someone would put out something like the Indigo DJ PCMCIA card. That thing is nice and I really miss having something like that on my MBP. I don't want to schlep a big box be it USB or firewire to fulfill the same minimal purpose.

I will say that there are a number of PC manufacturers with express 3/4 slots, so it's not just apple. I don't recall if it took this long for the PCMCIA slots to become more ubiquitous and with more options.

Then again, I bought a Handspring for the springboard, but never used any.

 

[nsbio]

I suppose you could stick a BT mouse in it? (http://www.newtonperipherals.com/)

 

[dpaanlka]

I don't recall if it took this long for the PCMCIA slots to become more ubiquitous and with more options.

It did, but in that case, Apple was slow to adopt.

 

[ucfgrad93]

This would certainly be useful. I found it through Macworld.com

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/memorycardreaderwritere34.html

This handy device works with the most popular memory card formats, including Memory Stick™, MMC (Multimedia Card), SD (Secure Digital), XD-Picture Card™, and all their variations—wide compatibility enables you to work with memory cards used in devices such as digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, digital picture frames, and more!

 

[Martin C]

I'm quite sure that Verizon Wireless has an Express Card for their EV-DO network.

 

[bagelche]

The card reader would definitely be handy--I miss having the integrated reader that was in my windows laptop. There are a few goodies for the slot as noted by folks here, but like the OP, I wish there were an audio interface that used the express card slot.

 

[cardiac dave]

The card reader would definitely be handy--I miss having the integrated reader that was in my windows laptop. There are a few goodies for the slot as noted by folks here, but like the OP, I wish there were an audio interface that used the express card slot.

+1 for the card reader. Mine seems around 10x faster than transferring my pics from the camera vs. USB 2.0

 

[rezenclowd3]

I suppose you could stick a BT mouse in it? (http://www.newtonperipherals.com/)

That is for ExpressCard 54, not 34.

 

[pogmothoin]

i have a Griffin Card reader in my slot...... a 5 in 1 jobbie

 

[nsbio]

That is for ExpressCard 54, not 34.

Thanks - I had not realized that there are many kinds of expresscard slots. That sucks and makes MBPs a notch less useful to me. I shall then hold on to my PPC PB until they come up with expresscard 1154 or something like that, which hopefully will be a while.

 

[MrT8064]

tv for your mac, TVBook Pro (i think its called)

 

[NDA74]

Verizon EVDO Card

I use mine for my Verizon EVDO card.

 

[Consultant]

If you care enough to get a sound card, you probably would want something with RCA and optical output, not mini-jack output. This would mean an external sound card. I use an external sound card. Works on ALL computers.

 

[jnc]

tv for your mac, TVBook Pro (i think its called)

TVBook Pro Express? (What a mouthful!)

http://www.miglia.com/tvbookproexpress/ Nice find!

 

[InkMaster]

oh how I wish I could add a few more displays using the expresscard slot

 

[rezenclowd3]

This site lists many if not all of the available Expresscard 54 and 34 cards. The number is how wide in millimeters the slot is.

ExpressCards Link