New MacBook lacks a Cardbus Slot--How do you use High Speed Data from Verizon?
I noticed that Apple forgot to include a CardBus slot on their latest notebook, the MacBook. I first realized this when a relative in the film industry complained about it, because the latest HD studio cameras CardBus cards for storage, and now there's an extra step in the workflow, to transfer the data over Firewire, which ties up the camera.
Then someone else complained that they have to switch to the Windows platform, because they need a notebook that can use one of the EV-DO cellular modems, which are all CardBus. There are some USB HSDPA modems, but he needs the coverage which Verizon provides, but Cingular doesn't, in his area.
I know that he could use one of those routers that accept a CardBus modem, but that's a lot to carry around.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by SMS in Wireless Networking
