Since we were talking laptops and sticking the card in the slot was not
considered "elegant" I was thinking there might be some smooth mobile
solution that was being hinted at. If I'm looking for something at my desk I
can see how this could be nice but I was focusing on a mobile solution since
laptops are meant to be mobile and everyone I know with a Mac takes them
wherever they go.
It sounds like for mobile users laptops with built in readers have what I
would consider the most elegant, followed by PCMCIA card readers, then
external USB readers and the external wireless USB mentioned here.
- Brian
On 5/18/06 9:57 AM, "Michael Kluskens" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On May 18, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Timothy J. Miller wrote:
>
>> Shawn Geddis wrote:
>>
>>> Physical insertion of your Smart Card inside your laptop is not
>>> the best of conditions, since the card / reader typically stick out.
>>> There are other technical means that are more elegant and more
>>> Apple-like.
>>
>> Like what?
>
> Just reread the latest IEEE Spectrum magazine. Two new wireless USB
> protocols are set to complete in the market place (one is by Motorola
> and the other I forget), so you stick your CAC card in a USB card
> reader and plug the reader into the wireless USB box and plug the
> wireless USB hub into the laptop (or inside it). With a small enough
> set of parts you could keep the CAC card on your person and not have
> any external parts attached to your laptop. Technically possible.
>
> Michael
>
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