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expressCard history / availability
« on: August 24, 2015, 12:53:42 AM »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard

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An ExpressCard slot had been commonly included on high-end laptops made since 2006:

Hewlett-Packard began shipping systems with ExpressCard in November 2004.[5]
Lenovo integrated the slot into their flagship ThinkPad T43 in May 2005.[6]
Dell Computer also incorporates this in their Precision (the 17 in models have them exclusively, the 15 in Precisions have both express card and PCMCIA Card slots), Inspiron, Latitude (Latitude D-series have PCMCIA card slots. The D820/D830 have both ExpressCard and PCMCIA card slots. Latitude E-Series 6000 have ExpressCard|54 slots), Studio, Vostro and XPS Laptop product lines.
Fujitsu-Siemens began shipping systems[7] with ExpressCard in mid-2005.
Apple Inc. included single ExpressCard/34 slots in every MacBook Pro notebook computer from January 2006 through June 2009. At the June 8, 2009 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference the company announced that the 15-inch and 13-inch MacBook Pro models would replace the ExpressCard slot with a Secure Digital card slot, while retaining the ExpressCard slot on the 17-inch model. In June 2012 Apple discontinued the 17-inch model and no further Macbooks have offered an Expresscard slot.
ASUS has also replaced the PC Card slot with an ExpressCard slot on many of its new models.
Sony also began shipping systems[8] with ExpressCard with its new laptop VGN-C, VGN-SZ, VGN-NS, VPC and FW product line.
The Acer Aspire laptop series also has a single ExpressCard/54 slot on most new models.
Panasonic incorporates ExpressCard/54 slots in all the fully rugged and semi-rugged models of their Toughbook brand of laptop computers.
Gateway notebooks (ML3109 and later) also ship with ExpressCard/54 interfaces.
Eurocom notebooks Panther 3.0, Panther 2.0 currently ship with ExpressCard/34 while the Leopard 2.0 ships with ExpressCard/34/54.[9] Older models such as the Panther, Leopard, Xcaliber, Montebello also supported ExpressCard interfaces.[9]
Overam integrates an ExpressCard slot in its Mirage 7283 and 9570 laptops.
Because of the lack of backward compatibility, some laptop manufacturers initially released models incorporating both CardBus (PCMCIA, PC Card) and ExpressCard slots. These included certain models of Acer Aspire, Acer Extensa, Toshiba Satellite, Dell Latitude and Precision, MSI S42x and Lenovo ThinkPad Z60m, R52, T60, R61 and T61.

In March 2005, the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) showed some of the first ExpressCard products at the CeBIT trade show in Germany.[10] A large number of ExpressCard devices were presented.[11] [12] [13] [14][15] [16] [17] [18] [19][20][21]

In November 2006, Belkin announced that it was launching the first ExpressCard docking station, which uses the PCIe part of an ExpressCard connection to enable 1600x1200 video and the USB part to provide USB, audio and network ports.[22][23] This points to the ability for ExpressCard to allow more capable non-OEM docking stations for laptop computers.

In 2007, Sony introduced its Vaio TZ model, which incorporates ExpressCards. Also the Sony Vaio FZ and Vaio Z series have the ExpressCard/34 Slot integrated in them. Sony also uses the ExpressCard/34 form factor for the flash memory modules in its XDCAM EX/SxS based camcorders, making the copying of video data between these cameras and ExpressCard-equipped laptops easier. For this reason, Sony also offers a USB-based SxS reader for desktop computers.

The new Toshiba Satellite P and X 200/205 series of laptops and desktop replacements have an ExpressCard/34 slot since April 2007.[citation needed] In P200 series it's a /54 size not /34.[24]

Ever since PCMCIA disbanded in 2009, newer laptops from 2010 on more commonly do not include ExpressCard slots except for some business-oriented models (e.g. some Lenovo models use it for supporting a smart card reader). For WWAN connectivity cards, either mini-PCIe slots or USB connected variants have become the preferred connection methods.