I think hdmi, sd card and magsafe arguments all falls into the same basket. Usbc is great, it is capable, small, and arguably beautiful compared to many legacy ports. Apple made a hard effort to push them, to get accepted by the masses. They should follow.
Never said they weren’t great. I just see the value in also having other ports built in.Well you see, how great thunderbolt port is
There certainly is value. I was defending the point that people shouldn’t just assume pros need sd card or hdmi ports to justify Apple adding the port when they themselves don’t need it. It is not a valid claim from them to defend Apple’s decision. Yes, there are people including pro users who wants it and was very vocal, but there are also people who don’t want it even with the need for it.
Probably the last time you used an SD card was a 128megabite on your 2-megapixel digital camera in 2005. Sit down
Exactly, I almost want to quit Apple’s eco system with this release. This.. doesn’t feel right.
You can still do that, just use an XQD or CFast dongle reader. The computer still has three universal ports to accommodate you.
Its apparent you dont know a lot about cameras, over half of the flagship full frame mirrorless cameras use SD for at least one of their slots, and almost all enthusiast cameras use SD.
Well most hubs include sd card readers anyway, and I bring one with me for some other ports macbook is lacking.
A lot of them also offers usbc port.
LOL supposed to be drone, but hilarious considering the context.Ironic typo, or intended?
Not really, I dont need to bring a cable when I can just insert the card. Regardless, Apple chose SD and that make me happy. Everyone else can use a dongle which is what they would want me to use.
I never said it would necessarily make the reader start working, just that if it did that would be evidence to go from. But with a card reader often the pins that are supposed to contact the pads on the card are so flimsy you can’t move the card in any way that would fix the weak contact and produce a better electrical path. The super slow reading is like when a card or HDD is actually failing and the OS takes forever to perform any operation on the media. But if that same card works fine in another reader it probably isn’t the issue. Remember that the reader hardware is interpreting analog electrical voltage levels as digital ones and zeros. A weak ground connection can totally throw off the ability to write or read valid “bits” to and from the card at the normal rate. From the perspective of the OS, the media will be acting as if it is “failing“ in various ways.
But sometimes they don't just work. And sometimes the internal reader is slower, especially if your laptop is old. SD card readers are one of the few things I'd rather use a dongle for.
We will almost never move to USB-C anyway unless they fix the problems with it. One of which is how rare it is for a USB-C hub to give you more fully-functional USB-C ports.
No... you misread my post. I'm replying to the guy who said SD cards aren't relavant anymore. They definitely are and will be for many years to come.