why aren't modems standard on motherboards like laptops?

[draggoon01]

just wondering. would be nice. lan is standard on both but not modem. why?

 

[Intelman07]

Modem usage going down?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

So all motherboards are equal? Damn, that's a new one.

Some have it, some don't. Even LAN isn't totally standard yet IIRC. Modems, well, remember ACR and CNR?

- M4H

 

[Gunbuster]

Storms blow up modems all the time, having it built on the mainboard would be bad.

 

[Jittos]

I know many desktop users who prefer external modems.

For laptop, having it built-in is great for user, so that wont have to buy an expensive card, which have very limited slots to put in. having it built-in just make sense.

 

[vegetation]

It would probably be a winmodem if built-in. I wouldn't want to more pay more money on a motherboard for that.

 

[kursplat]

mmmmmm mo___dum , mo dem , modem. oh ya , i remember those......they cost more than an NIC and go alot slower.

 

[WobbleWobble]

I would think as a laptop user, you're on the go more and more likely to dial-up into the Internet. Not all places you travel to may have a LAN drop, but most likely will have a phone line.

As a desktop user, you're usually either a dial-up user or not. And if you want dial-up, PCI slots aren't as limited as PC Card slots are.

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
I would think as a laptop user, you're on the go more and more likely to dial-up into the Internet. Not all places you travel to may have a LAN drop, but most likely will have a phone line.

As a desktop user, you're usually either a dial-up user or not. And if you want dial-up, PCI slots aren't as limited as PC Card slots are.

Yeah this is good reasoning.....with so many desktop PC's going for higher spec internet connections....it's a much better idea to just give the user a choice.

PC Chips bundle modems with quite a few of their boards but these are AMR based rather than PCI or integrated....and they actually perform quite reasonably.

Jamie