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    SD card reader for Unibody Macbook Pro 17

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Nick, Aug 20, 2010.

  1. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I'm looking for a SD card reader for my Unibody Macbook Pro 17. I've founds lots of them, but I want one that when fully inserted, is fluch with the side of the Macbook. I want to leave it in all the time.
     
    Nick, Aug 20, 2010
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    I think components are pretty cramp in there, so the chance of you finding a SD card reader that will have the card be flush with the side of the computer is slim.
     
    cdnalsi, Aug 21, 2010
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    I have an older 17 inch MBP and would like the same thing. Right now I use my home desktop to get files off of SD cards. A flush option would be great but how would you get the card out?
     
    mmoy, Aug 21, 2010
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    There are plenty of express card 43 based sd card reader which fit sd card flush
     
    jackluo923, Aug 21, 2010
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  5. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Any links :)
     
    Nick, Aug 21, 2010
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    Apple should sell one of these in their retail stores.
     
    mmoy, Aug 21, 2010
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    They'd sell a billion :)
     
    Nick, Aug 21, 2010
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    SSDs and the MacBook Pro | Storage | Macworld Video | Macworld

    Video of the Filemate SSD card - it is flush with the MBP and it is bootable. The video shows a side-by-side demonstration of launching applications with the SSD vs the internal hard disk and the SSD card is much faster. I'm going to order one of these - the only question is what size to get. I would have to rearrange the storage on my MBP too.
     
    mmoy, Sep 3, 2010
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