Rating: 
Summary: A Plus for Plug N Play
Review: I have a Sony 2.0 G VAIO with Windows XP. Under this environment it was just a matter of plugging it in and the drivers installed themselves automatically. I did not even have to open up the driver CD that accompanied the CardBus. Very impressive if you ask me. I am backing up my files as I am typing this with no problem onto my 160 G external hard drive using the fast USB 2.0 technology.
Rating:
Summary: A Plus for Plug N Play
Review: I have a Sony 2.0 G VAIO with Windows XP. Under this environment it was just a matter of plugging it in and the drivers installed themselves automatically. I did not even have to open up the driver CD that accompanied the CardBus. Very impressive if you ask me. I am backing up my files as I am typing this with no problem onto my 160 G external hard drive using the fast USB 2.0 technology.
Rating: 
Summary: Very difficult to install
Review: I have used Adaptec products in the past and did not expect to have problems installing the USB 2.0 2 Port Cardbus Adaptor. The instructions directed me to the Adaptec website for the Windows XP driver which I carefully followed the instructions to install on my Sony Vaio laptop. The result was a locked up computer which could only be resolved by disconnecting the battery as the keyboard and mouse no longer worked. I used System Restore to back out of the corrupted driver. I went through the installation process again and again the system crashed. I will return the product and purchase a different adaptor.
Rating:
Summary: Very difficult to install
Review: I have used Adaptec products in the past and did not expect to have problems installing the USB 2.0 2 Port Cardbus Adaptor. The instructions directed me to the Adaptec website for the Windows XP driver which I carefully followed the instructions to install on my Sony Vaio laptop. The result was a locked up computer which could only be resolved by disconnecting the battery as the keyboard and mouse no longer worked. I used System Restore to back out of the corrupted driver. I went through the installation process again and again the system crashed. I will return the product and purchase a different adaptor.
Rating: 
Summary: Avoid this one unless you are running Linux.
Review: I own a 48x24x48 ext usb 2.0 Iomega burner for my notebook and so thought I would get a usb 2.0 pcmcia card for it. Well, to make a long story short I simply couldn't get it to completely install. I downloaded the most recent drivers from Adaptec, followed all their instructions on the website, etc., etc. No go for burning. I was able to get it to read from the external drive, so it wasn't a total waste.Upon looking at several other reviews I have discovered that many people have had similiar problems with this card, although I have seen one person mention that the Win XP SP1 contained drivers for the card itself I still was unable to get results from it. (I tried it on Win OS's 2000, XP Home and XP Pro with and without the most recent SP's from Microsoft and with older and newer drivers, btw.) However, one interesting thing I have come across from a few reviewers is it's surprisingly efficient compatibility with Linux! One review that came to mind mentioned Red Hat 7.3 as the one he found it working with. For those of us who are stuck supporting themselves by using Windows based programs though (mostly page layout) this may be interesting but not really helpful practically. :) I am going to keep the card in the hopes that Adaptec will release a driver that works in the future, though, as I know that this company usually makes excellent products. In the meantime, I bought another usb 2.0 pcmcia card from OrangeMicro.
Rating:
Summary: Not great if you have a wireless NIC.
Review: This doesn't work so hot if you have a wireless network card.
Every time that anything accesses the USB port, it causes so
much interference that it drops the wireless network connection. Plus, the supporting software is really pretty buggy. I'm bringing this one back to the store.
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