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External PCI Box for Laptops?

Posted by Cliff on from the screw-PCMCIA dept.

cagem0nkey asks: "I am in need of some type of external PCI card box for use with a laptop. I was able to find several different solutions, but these were all WAY to expensive for my wallet (at around $1,000 ea for one PCI slot!). Does anyone know of a cheaper way to add PCI card capability to a laptop? Possibly a USB or Firewire external enclosure?"

4 of 82 comments (clear)

  1. Best Bet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Buy the 13-slot for $1900 and return 12 of them for a return of around $1753. Then, you'd have one slot for around $147

    ::avoids tomatoes::

  2. Re:$1000?!?!??!?! by hords · · Score: 4, Funny

    If your time is so valuable, why did you click through the story, and spend the time to post a rant about it?

    Because he's at work getting paid to do it. ;)

  3. Re:$1000?!?!??!?! by FinestLittleSpace · · Score: 1, Funny

    hahahahahahahhahaaaa you're assuming some kind of alter-wierdo ego, right?

    right?

  4. Re:Dell Latitude by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, I understood him, it just rubs me the wrong way when I'm in RS or BB and I hear this week's clueless employee tell some nice old lady that this laptop has 2 gigs of processor and 40 gigahertz of hard drive.

    Some may think I'm making that up, but I shit you not, that's what the kid said.

    --
    Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.