Comments on: What good is the MacBook Pro SD card slot anyway? http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway Everything OWC and Newer Technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eag http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-32005 eag Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:18:44 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-32005 The loss of the express card is disappointing for professionals. Many talk about how they need more & different ports. The decision to provide only sd cards is short sighted. Professional photographers use cf cards. There should be both. The missing esata port is easily solved with an esata/usb 2.0 combo port, which could lead to a powered esata drive with a special cord. This would be better than the expresscard. Of course Apple's focus is towards the consumer level product. That's were the money is. The loss of the express card is disappointing for professionals. Many talk about how they need more & different ports.

The decision to provide only sd cards is short sighted. Professional photographers use cf cards. There should be both.

The missing esata port is easily solved with an esata/usb 2.0 combo port, which could lead to a powered esata drive with a special cord. This would be better than the expresscard.

Of course Apple’s focus is towards the consumer level product. That’s were the money is.

]]> By: jsandoval http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-4866 jsandoval Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:40:10 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-4866 i prefer the expresscard slot to the sd card slot. anybody rationalizing the 'usefulness' of the sd card slot is just, well, rationalizing. sd cards aren't used in many digital cameras either [cf card]. and booting from an sd card is a sloooooooooooow experience. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A3025130&cs=04&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=27722&lid=628335 i use this ssd card as a bootable device from my expresscard 3/4 slot in lieu of the external hard drive. i prefer the expresscard slot to the sd card slot. anybody rationalizing the ‘usefulness’ of the sd card slot is just, well, rationalizing. sd cards aren’t used in many digital cameras either [cf card]. and booting from an sd card is a sloooooooooooow experience.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A3025130&cs=04&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=27722&lid=628335
i use this ssd card as a bootable device from my expresscard 3/4 slot in lieu of the external hard drive.

]]> By: robert s. http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-2002 robert s. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:05 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-2002 an external SATA drive connect would be far more helpful an external SATA drive connect would be far more helpful

]]> By: rzzzzz http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1555 rzzzzz Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:34:33 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1555 bought and formatted an 8 gig SDHC. Loaded up the Snow Leopard install, which informed me that the essential system clocked in at 8.1 uh, thanks. what else is this card good for? bought and formatted an 8 gig SDHC. Loaded up the Snow Leopard install, which informed me that the essential system clocked in at 8.1 uh, thanks. what else is this card good for?

]]> By: Tony Arnold http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1371 Tony Arnold Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:39 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1371 What's the speed like on the SDHC cards? Do you have any benchmarks against using an external drive connected by Firewire 800 or similar? I like the idea of extending the battery life, but if the speed is abysmal, I don't really get it... What’s the speed like on the SDHC cards? Do you have any benchmarks against using an external drive connected by Firewire 800 or similar? I like the idea of extending the battery life, but if the speed is abysmal, I don’t really get it…

]]> By: Robot55 http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1182 Robot55 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:56:45 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1182 Nice article man! cool idea - Now, If I could only bootcamp to the SD card that would have been neat for me :) Nice article man!
cool idea -

Now, If I could only bootcamp to the SD card that would have been neat for me :)

]]> By: JCS http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1174 JCS Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:21:28 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1174 DANG! You never even touched the fact that reading from the SD(HC) card SAVES POWER and limits the hard disk spin up, especially if the OS is booted from the SD(HC) card and the hard disk is set to sleep when not used. DOH! I have a netbook (Acer Aspire One) which has TWO SD(HC) card slots, one of which I have a 8 GB card in right now and play 720p (progressive) AVI video format. As far as I know, SD(HC) is up to 32 GB right now, and the person who doesn't utilize the usefulness of this format is a complete dolt. PS--we're not debating OS issues here, but hardware implementation issues......Right??....RIGHT!!! PSS--Thanks Michael for the great info...I only wish people would realize the benefit of SD(HC)! I especially liked the part about the recovery/back-up scheme. DANG!

You never even touched the fact that reading from the SD(HC) card SAVES POWER and limits the hard disk spin up, especially if the OS is booted from the SD(HC) card and the hard disk is set to sleep when not used. DOH!

I have a netbook (Acer Aspire One) which has TWO SD(HC) card slots, one of which I have a 8 GB card in right now and play 720p (progressive) AVI video format.

As far as I know, SD(HC) is up to 32 GB right now, and the person who doesn’t utilize the usefulness of this format is a complete dolt.

PS–we’re not debating OS issues here, but hardware implementation issues……Right??….RIGHT!!!

PSS–Thanks Michael for the great info…I only wish people would realize the benefit of SD(HC)! I especially liked the part about the recovery/back-up scheme.

]]> By: Jesse Elizondo http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1157 Jesse Elizondo Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:54:41 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1157 What use is having OS X on an SD card if the card sticks out? That's not a permanent solution, it's more suitable for utility. What use is having OS X on an SD card if the card sticks out? That’s not a permanent solution, it’s more suitable for utility.

]]> By: Gretta Wing Miller http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1142 Gretta Wing Miller Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:31:02 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1142 Yeah, great. I need another FW port for video editing. I do not need an emergency startup disk. Making an SD to FW adapter? Yeah, great. I need another FW port for video editing. I do not need an emergency startup disk.
Making an SD to FW adapter?

]]> By: Mike Cohen http://blog.macsales.com/1732-what-good-is-the-macbook-pro-sd-card-slot-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-1137 Mike Cohen Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:53:48 +0000 http://blog.macsales.com/?p=1732#comment-1137 Will an Eye-Fi card or other SDHC cards work in the MacBook Pro's SD card slot? Will an Eye-Fi card or other SDHC cards work in the MacBook Pro’s SD card slot?

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