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: 6 May 2017 20:52:15 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 37 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> <050520171154128613%nospam@nospam.invalid> <060520171012109958%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net b3ThJ2Hh5b3J18vitTwhkwQyZeTT3Vuhe+VSXm7ebkeSM3lwDq Cancel-Lock: sha1:6mkASlmeRHgVwuDZNvws3t2OJJQ= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:106500 On 2017-05-06, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2017-05-06 16:05, Jolly Roger wrote: >> nospam wrote: >>> In article , Alan Browne >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, actually, there is. More than ample for an SD slot, at least. >>> >>> definitely not. >>> >>> by adding an sd slot, something else has to go, which would either >>> be a usb port (not acceptable) or the battery (also not acceptable). >> >> Yep, which is very obvious to anyone who works in the hardware tech >> field. There is no wasted space in these laptops. > > Of course there is. Nope. Your opinion seems ill-informed. > It does have to breathe. Which means that space is actually in use and required. > That doesn't mean there is no more room for an SD slot no matter how > often you state the contrary. Of course it does. Every nook and cranny of space in these things is highly valued and needs are balanced by many engineering priorities that naturally compete for that valuable space. Your vaunted SD card lost that battle. Simple as that. -- 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