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I've just found a use for my floppy drive, If I want to change my SATA to AHCI mode and install XP then i'll need a floppy to install the drivers before XP will even recognise the disks.

 

I definitely agree with you. The fact is that PCI cards are actually still extremely common. I don't think I've ever seen a PCIe wireless add-on card, for example - the big box computing stores here certainly don't stock any. The same holds true for sound cards and a lot of I/O cards designed to supplement a chipset's functionality. While I think a switch to PCIe is a good thing, and I wish every add-on card came in a PCIe model, to say it's dead and done right now is just incorrect.

 

I think you answered your own objection with the first line of your post. I'm sure there are still people (or more likely businesses) who have mission-critical PCI hardware, but I suspect this isn't aimed at them. They will probably continue to have other options available to them for a few years yet, but for your average consumer, this should be a good thing.

Also, I wouldn't be very surprised if some enterprising soul came up with some sort of PCIe>PCI riser card or something

 

http://www.beaglesoft.com/pcie2pci.htm

 

$140! OUCH!

 

Nice!

I suppose it's not too bad if you really need it

 

No USB 3.0? wtf?

 

nvm - wrong way round!

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-PCI-E-PCI-E...885?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb158268d

there we go.. US$29. free shipping?

 

Here is my take on this.
1. I like that mobo makers still include 1 PCI slot but, it is going to die leaving room for newer tech. and smaller boards
2. I am still on the socket 775 and anticipated Intel's move not to support USB 3 since they announced Thunderbolt (aka; Lightpeak)
http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm?wapkw=(thunderbolt)
3. PS2 is all but dead also with the mobo makers dropping one connection and expect it too soon in the coming years with Thunderbolt

 

Couldn't have said it better, it's a wast in space...