This image is the best I have ever seen that makes it quite clear and obvious. There is no debate, they are different: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/images/cbornot.jpg
This page describes the problems that may ensue when using a Cardbus card in a non Cardbus cage: http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Cardbus/Cardbus.html
On Mar 3, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Chris Jenkins wrote:
Allow me to explain the situation for some clarification.
Cardbus is simply a faster 32-bit version of PCMCIA. That is ALL. There are 3 kinds of PC Cards, whether they be 16-bit or 32-bit (cardbus). Type I and II cards are the standard size and will physically fit inside any laptop with a PC Card slot. Type III cards are double the thickness of standard cards and will only fit into machines with a compatible slot. Machines that have 2 slots are advertised as having (2)TypeI/TypeII Slots or (1) Type III. If you insert a 32-bit(cardbus) card into a 16-bit slot it will do no physical damage whatsoever. It simply will not work. Some cards can autosense which type of slot they are in to function in either. You can get a non-cardbus wireless card that will function in older Mac laptops, but yoou need to make sure it will do so before buying.
C Jenkins Multi-Com, Inc.
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