Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Godo news for the Mac ! Date: 5 May 2017 20:50:41 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <59094de0$0$60254$c3e8da3$66d3cc2f@news.astraweb.com> <1n5h6eg.1w10mpr1klq0q3N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <030520171206376430%star@sky.net> <030520171216501658%nospam@nospam.invalid> <050520171645173406%timstreater@greenbee.net> X-Trace: individual.net SujQY1pfsMEYKc+FJoeHYAsXyr9W1Hon78uGjAe/SxvJTAJdue Cancel-Lock: sha1:qamYO/qnUY8dFGCyRWfl9pLEqk0= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:106391 On 2017-05-05, Tim Streater wrote: > In article , Alan Browne > wrote: > >>On 2017-05-05 10:23, Lewis wrote: >>> In message Alan Browne >>> wrote: >>>> On 2017-05-05 07:05, Lewis wrote: >> >>>>> Where is my SCSI port!?! >>> >>>> Classic damning by ridicule. Did you ever get past 10th grade HS debating? >>> >>> Ridicule is appropriate since the "objections" to the lack of an >>> integrated SD card reader are *ridiculous*. >> >>No they are not. SD cards are the removable storage for many cameras. >>Having an SD slot in a portable computer for photographers to offload >>their media is about as perfect a solution as can be. Having to have a >>dongle is additional stuff to carry and possibly lose just before it is >>most urgently needed. > > Much easier to connect using a USB cable. Avoids lots of inserts of the > card, too. Those USB camera connections are hellishly slow, though, which is why I carry a little card reader with me. Note that I'm not of the opinion I shouldn't have to carry one though; it's *not* a big deal. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR