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Verizon PCMCIA Card Just Works
Apple God writes "I was a friend's house and he showed me his Verizion PCMCIA card for internet access. On a whim, I put it in my PowerBook, and it recognized the card and prompted me for authorization to configure the system for use with the card. I entered my password, and was surprised to see an icon in the menu bar for it. I clicked on this icon and selected connect, it worked! I had internet access. Here is a picture of the card that I used. When we checked Verizon's page, they only listed Windows compatibility. To make matters sweeter, my friend was shocked that it 'just worked' because he had to install drivers in XP before it would work."
Hmmm, perhaps you're right. Plugging things into a Mac system and having it "just work" is terribly terribly common.
Now, when someone plugs something into a Windows XP system and it "just works", that's newsworthy. I mean, come on, that sort of thing only happens once in a lifetime!
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Usually same here. I almost never have to install drivers. Anything I plug in isn't found straight away, and I can never find a driver for it.
The funny thing is that people modded you interesting.
So the real issue isn't being amazed at Mac/Linux not requiring drivers for this card, but why Windows is so damn broken by design that it does require them.
Anyone who is amazed by Windows being broken needs to get out more often, and is also most likely to be surprised by Mac/Linux working easily.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
I wish my ATM card would work in my powerbook. Just think of all the free money!