[Ti] PCI cards for 17" PowerBook

Pedro Vera pedro at veraperez.com
Sun May 4 16:52:49 PDT 2003


In which area are you? I am in DC metro and here most of the Starbucks have it, and you never 
find more than 1-2 people using it. Just in my town I have 4 Starbuck to pick, all within 2 miles 
and all have Hot Spot.

Thanks,

Pedro Vera
http://pedrovera.com
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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "John Karwowski, MD" <jkarwowski at mac.com>
To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List" <Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Sun, 04 May 2003 14:35:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [Ti] PCI cards for 17" PowerBook

> 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
> 
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