I have the old 15 inch powerbook and live in the country in Spain. Not having a direct telephone line, I have to use the PCMCIA 3G vodafone mobile solution for getting on to the internet. I only have 2 neighbours and they too do not have telephone lines). I have just purchased the 15 inch Macbook pro... and notice that it does not have the PCMCIA slot any more.I must admit I thought I was just buying an updated version of the old system..... I have promised my daughter the old notebook. Is there anything I can do... Is there an adaptor to go from Express card to PCMCIA... otherwise I am screwed??!! Regards, Stuart
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Yes, what you can do is to buy a new Vodafone Mobile Connect card. Vodafone Spain has a new model which actually is a Novatel Merlin XU870 ExpressCard/34. This will work fine with your Vodafone SIM card and you MBP.
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I've been using either a, now don't laugh, a GPRS connection via my mobile phone else a UTMS/3G connection via a Vodafone (acrtually a GlobeTrotter) PCMCIA card. Problem is, now that's I've just upped to an MBP I'm probably going to do likewise with my 3G connection and go to a HSDPA/3G+ connection.
Unfortunately, no EVDO in Spain. Whether it's a European-wide thing I have no idea.
Well… for GPRS, the quick and dirties, I use my modile phone. However, for all other high speed connections I used to use a PCMCIA card in my PowerBook. Now, I'll probably end up upgrading both my mobile and ExpressCard/34 in the new year.
Thank you Ned.... I will look out for this new card. I must say I feel embarrassed in that I do not have a clue what this new card format is.... can you or someone else recommend where I might read up on it. I've done the obvious searches and have not found much
On the Vodafone Spain web site what you're after is the "Express Card Tajeta Datos" which in reality is a Novatel Merlin XU870 and it's 167€ plus 200 points.
Ned, I contacted Vodafone Spain... and they did not know anything about this....my spanish is not good but I got the gist. You seem quite sure in your reponse.... do you have any links that may be helpful. regards
I looked at the card you mention in your link... It does not look like a express 34 card.... it looks like a normal PCMCIA card.....In fact the measurements it quotes is 54mm wide which is PCMCIA..... Are you sure you gave me the right link.... Sorry to be a pain. My local Vodafone office is in Mazarron and they are PHONE people.. not particularly technical...HELP???!!!