[Ti] PCI cards for 17" PowerBook

[John Karwowski, MD]

On 5/4/03 10:30, "Mark O'Brien" <rmobrien at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 01:10  PM, Tim D. Middleton wrote:
> 
>> I am the proud new owner of my first PowerBook. I have noticed that my
>> 17" comes with a PCI Card slot. Since I have never owned a pro Apple
>> laptop this is all new to me. Can anyone help me out with what I can
>> use that slot for?
> 
> Various expansion devices. I have a Compact Flash adapter, for
> transferring digital photos without draining my camera's batteries. I
> also have a Sprint PCS Vision PC card for making internet connections
> away from WiFi, ethernet, or landline phone jack. Finally, I have a
> high end PC sound card (Echo Indigo).
> 


How well does this Sprint PCS set up work? How fast is it? Is it a good
value for for anything more than mission critical internet access?

(coming to you from a Starbuck's T-Mobile HotSpot- not the world's greatest
value)
-- 

John

Ti 550, 512 RAM, 10.2.5