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Friday, March 16, 2007
Now that the MacBook Pro with its super narrow ExpressCard slot has been out for a year, you’d think there would be a flood of cards for it. Unfortunately, there isn’t. Even with the number one computer manufacturer, Dell, in the game for a few less months than Apple, the ExpressCard just hasn’t taken the expressway in new product offering.
Now PC Cards and PCMCIA cards, yup, they’re plenty abound. Anything you can think of is pretty much available in this legacy format that has been around for over a decade. Most mobile users probably have extra cards lying around in their junk drawer. Wasting away.
Fortunately, until the rest of the world wakes up to the advantages of the ExpressCard, Duel is helping bridge the gap of lack of product offering with its DuelAdapter. The DuelAdapter allows users with 34mm or 54mm ExpressCard ports to use existing PCMCIA and CardBus cards. Fully compatible with Windows XP and Mac OS X and Windows Vista soon, one will be able to use existing hardware such as 802.11x cards and flash card readers. With full support for ExpressCards 2.5Gbps transfer rate, no bottle neck will be found on the DuelAdapter.
The DuelAdapter is now available until March 31st at $99. After that, it’s back up to $119. You can purchase the card direct from Duel at this time while select re-sellers will start carrying this great product soon.