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Hi all,

I am buying one T61, but I am confused with System expansion slots options that are on Lenovo web page:

PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot
PC Card Slot & Media Card Slot [add $0.00]
PC Card Slot & Smart Card Slot [add $17.81]

Which one is media card reader? SD/MMC/etc card reader? And what are differences betwen those expansion slots?

Also, does Lenovo prepare something new on T series soon, or I should buy T61 now? New T8xxx and T9xxx are available with great price

well the media card reader is the one that says Media Card Slot.

The Express Card slot is for ExpressCards, if you don't know what that is then you probably wont need it but it's for new types of PCMCIA cards. The older ones (PCMCIA) goes into the PC Card slots and the new smaller types go into the Express Card Slot.

Smart card slot, well if you don't know what that is then yeah, you definitely wont need that. No need to explain that one at all.... it's not something you "might" need down the road either as you probably wont be taking your laptop to places that need that.. CIA, NASA, and others.

Get your Penryn and enjoy your laptop... something new is always around the corner.... How close is never truely known but it's there.