Rocky 1,223 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 My sister in law asked me to go around and fit her new CD Drive. Imagine my surprise when I saw it was better than my new one because it has 7 card reader slots right below the tray! What an awesome idea, and I missed out on it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigT4187 0 Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 I'd love to see a pic .......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,223 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Share Posted February 28, 2004 Freecom.com Neat huh?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueRose_76 0 Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Hmm neat.. no hassle with the 24 cables or so Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 40 Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 (edited) IDE, molex, audio and USB (1.1 or 2.0) cables at the most. Edited February 28, 2004 by Dannik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 (edited) I saw it was better than my new one because it has 7 card reader slots right below the tray! What an awesome idea, and I missed out on it I wouldn't be too upset about missing out. There is currently a major problem with card readers not being able to keep up with the frequent technology changes in the media. I just read this excellent article about this issue over at PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,...d,114167,00.asp "Last year I bought a "universal" memory card reader. A month later Sony announced its Memory Stick Pro. All of a sudden my reader wasn't universal anymore. Pick a stick, any stick: Memory Stick, Memory Stick Select, Memory Stick Duo, MagicGate Memory Stick, or Memory Stick Pro Duo. Now tell me whether it works properly with the devices you own or want." Unfortunately, storage media and readers have poor standardization and documentation when you buy them, so it's hard to tell if a card reader from last year may be able to read a higher-density version of the same storage media released this year. IMHO, the best bet is just to use an external card reader for your particular storage media you use with your digital camera, etc. Edited February 28, 2004 by CR6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,223 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Share Posted February 28, 2004 Yeh that's a good point and I did wonder about that a little, as I am aware that even shortly after I bought my Fuji camera, they brought out a new storage medium - so they do tend to bring out new formats alot. So maybe it is best to use a cheap usb reader. It's still a neat idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 I know as a gimmiky kinda thing, sony released a mouse with a memory stick port in it: but i dont think it was optical, and just generally crap. Another thing, in the paper today i saw a laptop that had a whole lot of card reading slots instead of a floppy drive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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