Well, I never came across a laptop that handled PC cards without some type of problems.
USB and Firewire stuff is definitely gonna be big bucks (unless you get one for christmas of coarse). From financial point of view Uncle Dave's offer is great. I mean $200.00 for a high-end PC card is pretty damn good.
My only concern is potential compatibility issues.


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