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MagSafe wires insulation always breaks at both ends and the connector is too wide to fix that with a heat-shrinked tube easily. SD Card slot is an essential th

MagSafe wires insulation always breaks at both ends and the connector is too wide to fix that with a heat-shrinked tube easily. SD Card slot is an essential thing, I can't believe they've removed it. Lack of HDMI is not a problem IMHO, I've bought a great Thunderbolt-HDMI converter for about $10 on AliExpress, out it on my HDMI cable and forgotten about the problem. Lack of some keys has always been a pain, removing even function keys and an ESC key looks like they really hate people that use terminal. Removing classic USB ports was too ahead-of-time, they should have waited at least some years before doing this (BTW I actually am not sure USB-C is going to become the standard, there are a lot of problems with it).

fphhotchips 8y ago
> SD Card slot is an essential thing, I can't believe they've removed it. Is this sarcasm? I don't remember the last time I used an SD Card on a laptop.
- qwerty456127 8y ago
  You probably don't have a DLCR camera and are comfortable with the built-in SSD capacity. Not having an SD slot while having a cam is like not having a car in LA, many Macbook users also rely on SD cards for "hard drive expansion", there even are SD cards designed right for this (e.g. https://gizmodo.com/this-leave-in-sd-card-merges-with-your-macbooks-ssd-to-1739372077 https://gizmodo.com/this-leave-in-sd-card-merges-with-your-m...).
  - ksec 8y ago
    All these talks about SD Cards, it would have been fine if Apple were actively pushing an Energy Efficient Super High Speed Wireless Direct Transfer from Camera ( Do you mean DSLR? ) to Mac. Then getting rid of SD card is more about moving towards the future, and not the past. The problem is not only does such standard not exist, Apple isn't working on any, the industry couldn't care less. This is very different to all previous Apple's removal, where there is a clear better alternative, that might not be as good now but it is in their Spring as Steve Jobs would likes to put it.
    - qwerty456127 8y ago
      > DSLR Sure. I was very tired and couldn't remember the correct abbreviation, excuse me (believe it or not it's the first time in my life I actually typed it :-)). > Then getting rid of SD card is more about moving towards the future, and not the past. The problem is not only does such standard not exist, Apple isn't working on any, the industry couldn't care less. Makes sense but in fact I'm glad nobody is inventing a replacement. There are things that just work great, are simple and don't have to be replaced. Like headphone jacks. And SD cards are among of these things.

fphhotchips 8y ago

> SD Card slot is an essential thing, I can't believe they've removed it. Is this sarcasm? I don't remember the last time I used an SD Card on a laptop.

qwerty456127 8y ago
You probably don't have a DLCR camera and are comfortable with the built-in SSD capacity. Not having an SD slot while having a cam is like not having a car in LA, many Macbook users also rely on SD cards for "hard drive expansion", there even are SD cards designed right for this (e.g. https://gizmodo.com/this-leave-in-sd-card-merges-with-your-macbooks-ssd-to-1739372077 https://gizmodo.com/this-leave-in-sd-card-merges-with-your-m...).
- ksec 8y ago
  All these talks about SD Cards, it would have been fine if Apple were actively pushing an Energy Efficient Super High Speed Wireless Direct Transfer from Camera ( Do you mean DSLR? ) to Mac. Then getting rid of SD card is more about moving towards the future, and not the past. The problem is not only does such standard not exist, Apple isn't working on any, the industry couldn't care less. This is very different to all previous Apple's removal, where there is a clear better alternative, that might not be as good now but it is in their Spring as Steve Jobs would likes to put it.
  - qwerty456127 8y ago
    > DSLR Sure. I was very tired and couldn't remember the correct abbreviation, excuse me (believe it or not it's the first time in my life I actually typed it :-)). > Then getting rid of SD card is more about moving towards the future, and not the past. The problem is not only does such standard not exist, Apple isn't working on any, the industry couldn't care less. Makes sense but in fact I'm glad nobody is inventing a replacement. There are things that just work great, are simple and don't have to be replaced. Like headphone jacks. And SD cards are among of these things.