I have a Fuji 4700 which I use with Gateway Laptop.
On buying the camera, the company salesman suggested that I buy a PCMCIA converter. So once the card has been used we mearly put the card into the PCM holder, and we can view the photo's instantly as an 'E' drive.
Any copies can then be sent to the hard drive, or onto LS120 disk, or the CD writer.
I think the PCM holder was about £40, but it's been worth every penny.