I guess it depends how much you would use the IIe card. The first thing I look to snag for old macs is an ethernet card, it just makes moving data around between machines so easy. On the LCIII the internet would be about useless, FTP and IRC would be ok. Its no big deal to pop the cover and swap PDS cards as needed so get both. The only cards I have for the LC are network, one Supermac Spigot card , and I think my Sonnet Presto Plus (in my LC520) would work in a LC as well. I guess it is hard to decide what to install on machines with only one upgrade slot, which is why I like the ones with a few Nubus slots.