> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:56:55 -1000
> From: gnome@hawaii.rr.com
> To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Successor/replacement for RME HDSP+Multiface?
>
> On 08/28/2014 10:07 AM, Peter P. wrote:
> > * Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings@stackingdwarves.net> [2014-08-28 12:03]:
> >> On 08/28/2014 05:48 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Jörn Nettingsmeier
> >>> <nettings@stackingdwarves.net <mailto:nettings@stackingdwarves.net>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> no personal experience, but i guess the ff400/800 support is fairly
> >>> complete by now. check with jonathan woithe on the ffado list to
> >>> make sure.
> >>>
> >>> just in time for firewire to ride off into the sunset ...
> > Yes, nice comment Paul. I feel I have to keep chasing laptops that
> > have either an express card slot or a firewire connector.
>
> Does anyone make a laptop with either of those anymore? Didn't find one
> on Amazon.
>

LOADS of laptops have ExpressCard slots! PCMCIA on the other hand you'd be lucky to find these days. Don't think they were ever much more popular for audio interfaces than the newer ExpressCard though anyway, so unless it's about using hardware you already own there is little point looking for it.