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Why no builit in card reader??
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<blockquote data-quote="djames42" data-source="post: 373776" data-attributes="member: 13241"><p>Yes, but then it would no longer be a "pro" laptop, it would be a media laptop. I don't argue that to most of us (myself included), a card reader would be more useful than the Express slot. However, if someday I switch to video editing with my MBP, then I'll need the Express slot for an eSATA port so that I can plug in a disk array.</p><p></p><p>I've got one of <a href="http://www.yedata.co.jp/multi/yd_8v30.html" target="_blank">these</a>, and it works quite well as a card reader. I believe the readers built in to Dell laptops are USB based, and this being PCI-Express based, is much faster.</p><p></p><p>The only drawback to Apple's decision (in my opinion) is these use of the 34mm slot instead of the 54mm. It looks much sleeker, but prevents the use of a CF reader (because the CF card itself is wider than 34mm).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djames42, post: 373776, member: 13241"] Yes, but then it would no longer be a "pro" laptop, it would be a media laptop. I don't argue that to most of us (myself included), a card reader would be more useful than the Express slot. However, if someday I switch to video editing with my MBP, then I'll need the Express slot for an eSATA port so that I can plug in a disk array. I've got one of [URL="http://www.yedata.co.jp/multi/yd_8v30.html"]these[/URL], and it works quite well as a card reader. I believe the readers built in to Dell laptops are USB based, and this being PCI-Express based, is much faster. The only drawback to Apple's decision (in my opinion) is these use of the 34mm slot instead of the 54mm. It looks much sleeker, but prevents the use of a CF reader (because the CF card itself is wider than 34mm). [/QUOTE]
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