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Is the P2 Card becoming obsolete?
Since the ExpressCard Standard is considered the next generation of PC Card technology and is used in more than 95% of all notebook computers for adding new hardware capabilities, and the fact that most manufacturers are not making any further developments of the already old PCMCIA Card, is Panasonic facing the need to change to this new ExpressCard Technology in a very near future?
Panasonic came with the HVX200 and the P2 Card (read PCMCIA) technology just when Apple had adopted the ExpressCard/34 technology for their notebooks. According to expresscard.org ExpressCard products leverage the proven advantages of PC Card technology, including reliability, durability and expansion flexibility while offering improved performance.
Has anybody heard from Panasonic about this “issue”? Had they come with the ExpressCard technology since the begining, we would be able to read our video material on almost any newly manufactured notebook computer.
Any comments will be appreciated.
Pablo Rivasplata
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I don’t see it as an issue…. and Expresscards are not that widely adopted.
Plus there are NUMEROUS solutions for adding cards to laptops and other machines….
Most Digital Camera memory doesn’t connect directly into computers without adpaters… its not a big deal
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Add to that “in the beginning” there was no expresscard slots on computers.
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PLEASE… not ANOTHER thread on P2 “obsolescence”!!!
Look back about 2 weeks – there was a LONG thread on this topic.
(And no, I don’t care even if it **is** a past computer standard… I’m making money with it NOW.)
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P2 cards have a great advantage – they’re friggin’ bigger! I could care less if they fit in a laptop – neither do my DV tapes. It’s media – that’s all. I can bet you Panasonic is kicking themselves for not making them even bigger – they’d be at 320gig cards without too much fuss. Double thick, triple thick cards? Why not? It’s just media.
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[Bob Woodhead] “PLEASE… not ANOTHER thread on P2 “obsolescence”!!!”
Bob,
What in the world is wrong with asking these perfectly legitimate questions? Is this not what these forums are all about? This can either be a place for professional discussion about the good and bad of any product or an alter for perpetual praise for it. The later serves no benefit for the users, consumers and developers.
If these posts bother you that much, please don’t respond unless you have something constructive to say.
Chad Hall
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Well, I sould suspect that the point was to take an already established, stable product (PCMCIA) and built upon that. There would be signifcant R&D in developing a whole new flash housing not to mention that “bigger” cards is not the direction that we want to go in technology. Smaller and lighter should be the goals. Plus, who can say that in a couple of years or less P2 will be up to 320 gig? I’m personally glad to see that we are pushing the technology envelope instead of being content with what’s available now. I still contend we have a long way to go.
Chad Hall
Nashville, TN
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