I have voiced similar sentiment, but doubt we will see much, if any, increase in footprint. Most reviews and consumers complain about anything weighing more than a paperback "adding up over a day".
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Bloomberg: Next MacBook Pro to Feature SD Card Reader
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You are confusing M1 and Apple Silicon.
M1 only supports 2. The chip in these new machines will support more, as well as more RAM. It will also support a separate GPU die (same package), and have a bigger cache. Also may have more CPU cores, but that part isn’t clear.
Moving to Apple Silicon has created greater levels of integration and efficiencies, and... more unused space. Likely even more so with the generation that follows the M1. The result being room for more ports, including an SD reader.
A win for all having both a thin design and more ports. However...those still jonesing for the old days wanting SCSI and Centronix will be disappointed.
A win for all having both a thin design and more ports. However...those still jonesing for the old days wanting SCSI and Centronix will be disappointed.
The biggest and most useless slot. Yay. Why not add a CD drive?
Useful ports? The vast majority of users rarely use any other port other than USB. I have never used in my life the SD card slot in any laptop or desktop computer. Apple knows that only tiny fraction of users actually can benefit from this addition.
is someone making a bingo card with all these rumors? this seems like a lot for macbook speculation.
A profound sense of joy is consuming me. Nearly a decade of waiting for common sense to make a return to the MacBook Pro line. I can hardly wait. 
+1. Add a USB-C port and include a dongle in the box.
Yeah but what side SD? I mean if people want micro-SD and it's a full sized slot they need to bring adapters...or wait we're back to adapters again!
I just don't see the point in creating single use ports when you have a Thunderbolt 3 port that can literally do everything and better. You can get the card reader of your choice and it can run faster than a built in one, with more features and better options.
I also find it odd just catering for photographers. I know photographers love special options just for them but what about the rest of us?
To be fair I wish you could just choose what ports you could have i'd have 6x TB3/USB4 ports and be done with it - if there was full bandwidth on all of them it'd be an absolute beast of a machine.
It has two controllers though - one for each port, which is more than the Intel MacBook Pro/Air had.
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its cheaper to bring back old technology and sugar coat it with an extra £200 / $200 for the privilege. Aka expect a price bump next year to make apple more profits.
"Creatives" don't say creatives when you mean just photographers. Music producers don't need this, music engineers don't need this, artists don't need this, writers don't need this, composers don't need this, designers don't need this, coders don't need this.
I get the sentiment but the Sony a7S III is still relatively new and there’s millions of photographers who have no intention of upgrading their camera body any time soon. I can see being on my A7 III for at least 5 more years and I know that I’m not alone. So a new mediaformat, albeit superior is not enough to get a whole industry to swap out gear if the prior one is working just fine for now.
At best, it'll be a combo slot that takes both CF Express type A and SD cards. Note that type A is slightly smaller than SD cards, while type B is slightly larger.
I doubt Mark Gurman is intimately aware of the format wars happening in high-end DSLR / mirrorless cameras.
Type B is a stretch, IMO, but I'd love to see that future-proofing in a MacBook Pro.
Can you share with us how you know that the M1X, M2 (whatever it will be called) that will be in this year's 14" and 16" MBP will not be able to have 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports?
How do you know the IO limitations of a SOC that has yet to be announced?
I have a $33 Anker dongle from Amazon with (3) USB-A, Ethernet, and HDMI. Solves all problems. For those only wanting USB-A there are plenty of inline adapters that add 1/2" to an existing cable and if the existing cable is removable you can buy one with a USB-C end on it.
