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Apple Proposes New Multifunction Input Ports, Could Merge SD Card Slot and USB Port
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wow, great thing. i'm planning to buy the upcoming ipad, so it'd be lovely to see this port in it.
Of what? My friend's Android phone has a multifunction port (HDMI & USB). Even power+USB qualifies as multi-input. Apple's twiddling is just a variation on a theme.
And while Apple loves to make things thinner, without enough space for proper cooling one ends up with overheating macs, macs that lock up, premature total failure... not well-designed for a $2000+ laptop...
cant wait for this amazing port, i hope apple brings it in the next iphone, ipad and the mackbook.
I disagree. I use SD sometimes, but CF more. My Nikon D700 uses CF card and I wish there was a dedicated CF slot but that's asking a bit much.
I have a laptop with a USB/e-sata port.
It's not something that needs to be patented, it's a very old idea.
I know apple is just trying to protect all it's ideas but this isn't a good unique one that should ever be award and i'm glad it hasn't been yet.
It's not something that needs to be patented, it's a very old idea.
I know apple is just trying to protect all it's ideas but this isn't a good unique one that should ever be award and i'm glad it hasn't been yet.
Yeah, get rid of the SD card reader, i don't think theres that many Go Pro, Drift, Contour, DSLR & compact camera owners left..........*tumbleweed*
I will say the opposite, that maybe this is to appease those that want to expand their devices via the cheaper plastic fluoro-coloured iPhones rumoured hereabouts. Expand in this case means read your RAW or Jpeg picture files ONLY, the closed wall system must be retained, this is Apple after all. Jailbreaking will still be necessary to use it for storage/transfer/etc... if it's ever actually incorporated.
SD Reader/USB Port
I personally would love this in a portable! Not so much in a desktop...
If Apple puts this in their next MacBook Air 11" I would definitely consider buying it
I personally would love this in a portable! Not so much in a desktop...
If Apple puts this in their next MacBook Air 11" I would definitely consider buying it
It's official...
Apple has stage 3 Bulimia.
Don't know why they've been relentlessly persistent with SD slots in their laptops since 2009.
Baffling, since the company refuses to put micro SDs in any one of their devices (all of which record HD video)
I use SD cards regularly (also CF), and it's blazing fast on the rMBP.
But I still don't get why it's there.
They purge Firewire (rMBP, MP, iMac, and I'm sure the next Thunderbolt display--because Fk giving us the perfect dock), which still serves a vital purpose in mass data and audio environments...
But the SD stays?!?
It's very "consumer" (in a pro-priced pedestal)...but consumers consuming apples can't consummate their collection.
Apple, you love adapters.
Make an
utrageously marked up version of this:
And Stop P-trolling.
Apple has stage 3 Bulimia.
Don't know why they've been relentlessly persistent with SD slots in their laptops since 2009.
Baffling, since the company refuses to put micro SDs in any one of their devices (all of which record HD video)
I use SD cards regularly (also CF), and it's blazing fast on the rMBP.
But I still don't get why it's there.
They purge Firewire (rMBP, MP, iMac, and I'm sure the next Thunderbolt display--because Fk giving us the perfect dock), which still serves a vital purpose in mass data and audio environments...
But the SD stays?!?
It's very "consumer" (in a pro-priced pedestal)...but consumers consuming apples can't consummate their collection.
Apple, you love adapters.
Make an
utrageously marked up version of this:
And Stop P-trolling.
Buy a Dell from 2008...
I had all kinds of clever comments to make - but Geronimo789 - you covered them all:
Why don't Apple fans know anything about what's already shipping from other vendors?
I had all kinds of clever comments to make - but Geronimo789 - you covered them all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATAp
Yeah, it really did not exist before at all, this is really high tech, unimaginably brilliant.
Don't get me wrong, I like Apple, they have a formidable design team and vision, but they aren't the messiah of computing either.
Also, big problem with combining ports is that you can only use one of them at a time, or you'd have to go buy an adapter to use them at the same time. Now there's something Apple surely won't do right ? Creating more adapters at 29 bucks for people to buy
Why don't Apple fans know anything about what's already shipping from other vendors?
Of course it can be very reliable. What it can never be is very fast. The reason is the the "air" is shared with all the devices in the building. But with wire there is only one device that gets the entire gigabit/sec to itself.
But most home user are only using the network for nternet access and don't care about gigabit/sec speeds
I could be mistaken, but I don't believe I had to throw away my car when Apple replaced their 10 year old connector.
It can't be reliably fast, especially since my walls for some reason contain material that forms an accidental Faraday cage. No way I'm using wifi.
most likely it will be used on the new iPad not on MacBooks
most likely it will be used on the new iPad not on MacBooks
most likely it will be used on the new iPad not on MacBooks
Because Apple fans generally don't customize computers except for RAM and maybe Hard drives. If you grew up using Windows PCs, you would be generally shopping around, looking at motherboard specs to find ways to improve performance. Apple users have to rely on the Genius to upgrade their own computer.
"Generally"? No, system builders are very much the exception. Most computer users, whether they use Windows or Mac OS, buy their systems prefab and rarely if ever perform any hardware upgrades themselves.