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Apple’s Tilt to SD Cards Looking Smarter Than Ever

Written on July 06, 2009 by Charles Moore and 9 people have commented

Last month I commented that Apple’s substitution of Secure Digital Card (SD) slots for ExpressCard slots in the 15″ MacBook Pro made considerably good sense. It would be nice to have both, but the ExpressCard support wasn’t being heavily used, according to Apple, while SD was growing more popular. The 13″ MacBook Pro also gets [...]

MacBook Pro SD/ExpressCard Slot Tradeoff: Brilliant or Blunder?

Written on June 11, 2009 by Charles Moore and 111 people have commented

Apple’s new/refreshed MacBook Pro 13″ and 15″ models each come equipped with an SD Media Card reader slot, but in the case of the 15-incher, this has required elimination of the ExpressCard/34 expansion slot that had been in every 15-inch MacBook Pro since the get-go, back in 2006. This has led to a crescendo of [...]

ExpressCard Gadgets for MacBook Pro

Written on October 29, 2008 by David Appleyard and 15 people have commented

One of the ports included with all the new (and previous generation of) MacBook Pros is an ExpressCard slot. Having never had this type of expansion before, I’ve decided to have a look around and see what uses it can serve. This article will give a brief overview of some of the most popular ExpressCard [...]