Bloomberg: Next MacBook Pro to Feature SD Card Reader

[chrono1081]

I'd take more USB-C ports over an SD Card reader any day.

 

[Lemon Olive]

Is it a coincidence that Jonny Ive is no longer in charge of design at Apple and useful ports suddenly start returning?

Nope the coincidence is the shift to Apple Silicon which no longer allows them to have 4 TB ports.

 

[Mutepointer]

Wow. SD Card reader. Next we’ll hear iPhone coming with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a headphone and... a charger. Wow. Technological breakthrough. /s

 

[ruka.snow]

SD still has a life for at least 5 years. Camera manufacturers are being very slow to go all in on CFExpress, and even when they do they keep an SD card as the second slot. And this isn't even getting into the consumer grade cameras or micro SD devices

Consumer grade cameras are indeed using SD, so SD on the Air and CFExpress on the Pro.

 

[MacFather]

Introducing the new Macbook Pro.

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[CalMin]

Any Jony Ive has left the building...

 

[ruka.snow]

SD is not dead by a long shot. You're probably thinking of old SD UHS-I or UHS-II cards.

UHS-III and SD-Express cards have speeds that rival CFExpress A cards and have theoretical maximums of 4GB/s transfer rates. There's no cards that can come close to that but the standard is there.

Canon 1DXiii uses CF Express as does the Nikon D6. Even the semi pro Nikon Z6 to Z7ii, and Canon R5 use CF Express.

 

[e1me5]

SD card slot, the first thing that goes bust on a macbook...

 

[locrumo]

Why bring back an obsolete slot? We are on CFExpress A and B now, with SD Express coming to fight CFExpress A. SD is dead.

Give 5 years to Apple.

 

[IIGS User]

Meet the new ports.

Same as the old ports.

#dontgetfooledagain

 

[Falhófnir]

If they were going to bring any one back that's the obvious choice, especially with MBPs being targeted at photographers and video editors in no small part.

 

[Lemon Olive]

Any Jony Ive has left the building...

Nope, Intel has.

 

[robotica]

I hope the add back in the digital optical out! Super handy for pro audio! There is hope.
Really liking that apple is taking the user seriously again!

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

If they bring back Magsafe, HDMI, and SD card slot I would be extremely tempted to sell my 16" MBP and get this.

 

[The Game 161]

apple bringing back all the old favourites...

 

[kidaje]

Did Kuo stumble upon an old MacBook?

 

[SWAON]

The OG is back, back again..

 

[terry.mac]

Courage to bring back the old ports!

SD card, HDMI, and charge through USB C and Magsafe.

 

[amaze1499]

Not in this universe.

 

[jwolf6589]

Why bring back an obsolete slot? We are on CFExpress A and B now, with SD Express coming to fight CFExpress A. SD is dead.

You are wrong. Both my Canon camcorder and still camera use standard SD. Its far from dead!

 

[Mr. Dee]

Macrumors sure knows how to make lemonade out of Gurmans pieces. 😂😂😂

 

[jeanlain]

Wow what an innovation

If all apple could do in terms of "innovation" with respect to I/O was to drop ports for no clear benefit (it's not as if a laptop didn't have the room for more ports), then bringing back the card reader is a good move.

 

[EmotionalSnow]

I don't think this will be happening. Why would they bring back a port that is arguably little used by anybody but photographers?

 

[skitidetdu]

Would the departure of Ive have something to do with bringing back "old" ports? I can imagine that making this decision against him would piss him off in the quest of as few ports as possible and an excuse to leave ship.

 

[az431]

Why bring back an obsolete slot? We are on CFExpress A and B now, with SD Express coming to fight CFExpress A. SD is dead.

Yeah SD is far from dead. Though CFExpress has been around for years, it is not used on any mass-market consumer drone, smartphone, or camera. If Jerry Bruckheimer needs to plug in a CFExpress card, he can buy an adapter.