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Why no builit in card reader??
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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 373688" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>My Macbook has neither a built-in card reader nor a floppy drive. Why? Because floppy drives are obsolete and there are...let's see at least four different types of cards that would have to be built in. </p><p></p><p>I have a camera that takes CF cards. My wife has a camera that uses SD cards. My Palm uses SD cards as does my iPaq.</p><p></p><p>To address these, I have a small device that accepts CF, SD, MD, something else cards, and is about 4"x2"x1/2" in size. It connects to my Macbook (and every other computer I have) with <strong>a USB connector</strong>.</p><p></p><p>It makes far more sense to have the very versatile USB connector that can accept a card reader, an iPod, a Palm, an iPaq, a hard drive, a TV tuner, a printer, a scanner, a DVD writer, a cell phone...rather than building in a hard-wired device that might go obsolete in a week.</p><p></p><p>For a printer...maybe; they only cost about a hundred dollars. Heck, just last week I was lamenting that it would almost be cheaper to buy a new printer than replace the ink cartridges for it. Printer manufacturers build-in card readers for consumers because it seems easier for the user. If I'm going to sink $1700 in a general purpose computer, however, I'd prefer that it not have obsolescence built-in to it and I'll provide my peripheral as a separate USB device.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 373688, member: 9385"] My Macbook has neither a built-in card reader nor a floppy drive. Why? Because floppy drives are obsolete and there are...let's see at least four different types of cards that would have to be built in. I have a camera that takes CF cards. My wife has a camera that uses SD cards. My Palm uses SD cards as does my iPaq. To address these, I have a small device that accepts CF, SD, MD, something else cards, and is about 4"x2"x1/2" in size. It connects to my Macbook (and every other computer I have) with [B]a USB connector[/B]. It makes far more sense to have the very versatile USB connector that can accept a card reader, an iPod, a Palm, an iPaq, a hard drive, a TV tuner, a printer, a scanner, a DVD writer, a cell phone...rather than building in a hard-wired device that might go obsolete in a week. For a printer...maybe; they only cost about a hundred dollars. Heck, just last week I was lamenting that it would almost be cheaper to buy a new printer than replace the ink cartridges for it. Printer manufacturers build-in card readers for consumers because it seems easier for the user. If I'm going to sink $1700 in a general purpose computer, however, I'd prefer that it not have obsolescence built-in to it and I'll provide my peripheral as a separate USB device. [/QUOTE]
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