SD card question

[cooljoe349]

So what type of SD cards would be best for extra storage on the Macbook Airs?

I know they come in 32gigs now.

 

[Velin]

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.

 

[cooljoe349]

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.

 

[sbddude]

...and it's not using one of your 2 USB ports.

 

[cooljoe349]

...and it's not using one of your 2 USB ports.

Yes that one too.

 

[Thiol]

SD cards won't stick out off the side of your laptop if you're mobile.

 

[C64]

So what type of SD cards would be best for extra storage on the Macbook Airs?

I know they come in 32gigs now.

This will probably answer all of that: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3553

 

[cggarrod]

Does anyone know whether the SD card slot on the 13" model is SDHC or SDXC? - hoping the latter for storage purposes....

 

[Stingray454]

SD cards won't stick out off the side of your laptop if you're mobile.

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:

 

[C64]

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:

http://idleparis.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/eagletec-usb-nano.jpg

Pretty nice, although it seems they only go up to 16GB, and for the same price you can get a 32GB SD card.

 

[cooljoe349]

So it looks like a SDHC 32gig would work. Is that the fastest SD you can get?

 

[C64]

So it looks like a SDHC 32gig would work. Is that the fastest SD you can get?

Toshiba claims read/write speeds of 95Mbps and 80Mbps respectively:

http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2010/memy_10_600.jsp

 

[cggarrod]

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.

 

[cooljoe349]

Toshiba claims read/write speeds of 95Mbps and 80Mbps respectively:

http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2010/memy_10_600.jsp

Wow those are nice

 

[Thiol]

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...

 

[miata]

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.

 

[cleric]

The real question is can you erase the Snow Leopard SD Card that comes with it? I'm sure you can't but that would make it a lot more useful.

 

[C64]

The real question is can you erase the Snow Leopard SD Card that comes with it? I'm sure you can't but that would make it a lot more useful.

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.

 

[idonotliketostu]

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.

How do you take out your sd card?

 

[Stingray454]

SD cards don't fit flush into the slot? I might have been wrong then...

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?

 

[Veinticinco]

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.