So what type of SD cards would be best for extra storage on the Macbook Airs?
I know they come in 32gigs now.
I know they come in 32gigs now.
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SD card question
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What I want to know is, what is the advantage of a SD card over a USB flash drive/stick. Especially since not everyone has an SD card reader, yet USB is everywhere, what advantage does SD card storage give you.
Good question! I was thinking SD card might be better because it's more portable and isnt sticking out so far out of the notebook.
Acyually, they will, and more so than small USB memory sticks. Maybe you haven't seen the tiny ones that are quite popular now, but I'd say these are more handy than an SD card:
Pretty nice, although it seems they only go up to 16GB, and for the same price you can get a 32GB SD card.
Toshiba claims read/write speeds of 95Mbps and 80Mbps respectively:
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2010/memy_10_600.jsp
These Elago Nano MicroSDHC adapters also look pretty slick:
http://www.amazon.com/elago-Mobile-microSDHC-Memory-Reader/dp/B002HGFKR8
I believe 32 GB MicroSDHC cards currently can be bought for approx $80.
http://www.amazon.com/elago-Mobile-microSDHC-Memory-Reader/dp/B002HGFKR8
I believe 32 GB MicroSDHC cards currently can be bought for approx $80.
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Acyually, they will, and more so than small USB memory sticks. Maybe you haven't seen the tiny ones that are quite popular now, but I'd say these are more handy than an SD card:
SD cards don't fit flush into the slot? I might have been wrong then...
Do what I did an take a little sandpaper to the end of the SD card. Is flush now. I set up a backup every hour of my main working directory in case I lose the main disk.
That's a USB card, only 8GB (or a little more), sticks out even more, and is flat so it only has support from one side of the USB slot. Not really useful to use as a storage device.
I don't own an Air (old or new version), but on Macbook Pro it looks something like this with an SD card in the SD slot. Is the MBA port "deeper" so that it fits almost the entire card?
Never understood why Apple don't make these SD slots that allow flush-fitting and spring ejection.....you know like, they have in $200 digital cameras.