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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
08/04/09

In reply to Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card Is Will Be the World's Largest, Fastest
So what does it mean that it has hit a capacity (64GB) which is above the highest end of the SDHC spec (32GB). Does this mean that adapters capable of reading SDHC may or may not be able to read the 64GB card?
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dingus
08/04/09

@Purple Monkey Dishwasher: I can't verify for sure (site's down!) but if I remember correctly, SDXC is electrically backwards compatible with SDHC and SD controllers. Firmware upgrades should be able to talk to SDXC on devices like cell phones and cameras, but things like card readers that typically have read-only firmware can't.
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diabolusunknownTheSecond
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
Other laptop manufacturers: It can boot from the SD card, who gives a sh*t?

Apple: EXTREMELY NEAT TRICK!!!!

Why has this become an extremely neat trick when Apple does it, yet goes unnoticed with other (many other) laptop manufacturers?
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Kaiser-Machead
06/10/09

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: Can you name another brand of laptop that smells like Jobs pheromones? I dare you to try.
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KLanD
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
Way-ta-go Apple! Welcome to the world of yesterday.. yet again.

Won't support SDXC?? So what..? Apple programmers are lazy and don't want to make a minor driver update? Oh no wait.. that's right, it'll be a "new feature" on the next MBP.

Why is Apple always years behind everyone with their computers, yet taking the lead in phones/pmps in the US market? I say US, because the Iphone is a joke compared to what is available abroad.
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imTheKing
06/10/09

@KLanD: And the phones that are abroad, are a joke here. Horrible interfaces with solid hardware. What's your point.
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Dara Moghaddam
06/10/09

@imTheKing: Um, what are you talking about? Phone companies like Nokia have come out saying their phones abroad are a lot more sophisticated than in the states, the issue of bringing them here is Americans wouldn't use half the features because they wouldn't take the time to learn how to. If you want to pass off our blatent ignorance as poor software design then do so.
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Kaiser-Machead
06/10/09

@Dara Moghaddam: Hmmm, well if Nokia & Co. say so, then it must be true ;)
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STFU_FPU!
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
Hey all, I have a MBP 2008, I do have an SD card reader for the Express Card slot and a 16GB SD Card, anyone know if I could boot from this? Any hacks etc. to get it to work, or only on the NEW MBPs?

Thanks!!
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Kaiser-Machead
06/10/09

@OMGOBGYN: That depends on the Express card. Not all are capable of being used to boot off of, so you'd have to check for your specific model.
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strider_mt2k
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
Wow.

Welcome to, uh...the present.
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Ryan Robinson
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
Wow, so apple can finally do something my cheap ass asus eeepc 701 could do last year. When I bought it. In january.

Way to be on the ball.
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Diddle my Skittles
06/10/09

@Ryan Robinson: 1/10, only because that troll rhetoric has been choked to death like David Carradine.
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Ryan Robinson
06/10/09

@WWJD with a dSLR: It's not trolling. It's truth.

How can this be thoughtof as a an "extremely cool trick" when its extremely behind the times. My old Acer could do this too and its a few years old. I didn't mention that because that would be rubbing it in their faces.
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jimothy
06/10/09

@Ryan Robinson: Yeah, and it comes with a screen, something my Compaq Portable had in 1983. Lame!
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@jimothy: My mom threw out my Compaq Portable. Between that and my grandfather tossing out my old Apple IIe, my family doesn't appreciate old tech.
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Hello Mister Walrus
06/10/09

@Ryan Robinson: I think it's mostly people overreacting to minor news.

Apple: We added a new feature that some other notebooks have. (which they did, so there's nothing wrong with announcing it)

Everyone: OMG THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING STEVE JOBS I WANT YOUR BABIES!!!!
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dingus
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Never forgive, never forget.
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@dingus: My mom threw out my Commodore 64 and both my C64 disk drives too. And all of my tabletop arcade games and Tiger handhelds.

That crap was going to be my legacy to my heirs. Well, Junior's not getting the TurboGrafx 16 or the Sega Master System. Thanks a lot, Mom.
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I'm Sorry, You're Wrong.
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
Do the SD cards sit flush with the computer or do they stick out in use?
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xanderbeedle
06/10/09

@I'm Sorry, You're Wrong.: Stick out, no way to get it out otherwise.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
06/10/09

@xanderbeedle: they could be flush and require you to push them in, like a camera.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
06/10/09

In reply to New MacBook Pros Can Boot From Their Internal SD Slot
I agree with OMG!Ponies! that I will not be interested until they have a turbo button.
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@SafetyMachete_GitEmSteveDave: Turbo button, dual 5.25" floppy drives, a monochrome (green) display, and DOS 5 and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups pre-installed are requirements for my next MacBook. There should be an VGA port for an external monitor or, failing that, an RCA port for video. I have the RF switcher box from my Atari still hooked up to my 13" B&W Zenith TV.

Also, I want to be able to boot into C64 mode to run GEOS because all of my document files are in GEOS-Write format. And I want HyperCard, which I use for presentations. I also require a PS2 serial port for my mouse. And if they can't build a 9600 baud modem in then they should maek sure to be have a cartridge slot to plug in my modem which is a fancy one from USRobotics. Also, the modem need to be Hayes-compatible because the BBS i go on isn't too new.

Macintosh, please to be shipping some CinemaWare games because I like "Defender of the Crown". I saw it on my buddy's Amiga last month and teh graphics looked cool. I hope that the new MacBook Pros can do those graphics. And VideoToaster. Speaking of toasters, please to put in After Dark 2.0 for MAC.

Does anyone know if the new MacBook Pros are capable of running BASIC?
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Invisible-Echidna
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!:

You forgot racing stripes or flames for extra speed boost.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: They run BASIC, but only if you can properly master Logo Writer first.
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ChowderFacial
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: So, when are they coming out with the Wozniak "Dancing With The Stars" edition? Who wouldn't want a sweaty, bejeweled laptop...
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OMG! Ponies!
06/10/09

@ChowderFacial: Oooh. Good idea. Now I want to get a netbook. I got some BeDazzle type decals from the ornaments from my Hannukah bush that I never applied. I've been thinking of BeDazzling a computer.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
06/10/09

@Invisible-Echidna: He may have, but I didn't!

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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
06/10/09

@OMG! Ponies!: "Does anyone know if the new MacBook Pros are capable of running BASIC?"

I thought it already was.....zing!
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sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
06/10/09

In reply to Eye-Fi Pro Wireless SD Card Review
I wonder if this would work through a CF adapter?
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qbrad
06/10/09

@sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: They kinda do. But the throughput is SLOWWWWWWW. Takes quite a while to write the data to your card.
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Papercutninja
03/25/09

In reply to Wii to Support SDHC, Not a Hard Drive
i still don't understand why the SDHC format wasn't "officially" compatible to begin with...
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Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one
03/25/09

@Papercutninja: SDHC isn't very much older than the Wii.
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Noah Mayer
03/06/09

In reply to First SDXC Card Is The World's Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
I think that this is great for future netbooks. Why get a heavier, thirstier HDD when now you can plug in SD cards that are now sufficiently fast and have good capacity. In one year, we'll see 64GB and 128GB SDXC cards with 80MB/s read. Nice.

Also, how will CompactFlash compare? Will DSLRs start supporting mainly SDXC? Is there a revision of CF in the works?
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Purple Dave
03/06/09

@Noah Mayer:
I would think there would have to be. I mean, aside from the external specs and interfaces, they're both just flash memory on the inside, right? So any flash memory upgrades that can be fit inside an SD card can fit even more inside a CF card, right? Of course, the other option is to just get a CF-style SD reader so you can use SD cards in everything, but still have the option of using CF cards in the larger cameras if you want.
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RayLast
03/06/09

In reply to First SDXC Card Is The World's Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
ONLY 32GB? You know how many of these you could fit into a 2.5" HD footprint? I think 32GB is pretty good for that form factor.
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Purple Dave
03/06/09

@RayLast:
I was kinda thinking the same thing. Look at how crappy the storage capacity on netbooks and flash-based iPods is. Imagine if they simply redesigning them with SD slots instead of built-in drives.
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ArrEmmDee
03/06/09

In reply to First SDXC Card Is The World's Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars and store Gigabytes of things on something I could easily lose. This is too far ahead of its time to be of any legitimate use and anyone making these can be assigned as idiots.
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IN THE FACE!
03/06/09

@ArrEmmDee: I would venture to say that the majority of people that use SD/SDHC/etc. regularly, really just stick the card in a device and plug the device into computers when they need to ul/dl files. So the card is rarely out on its own.

And furthermore, if you are incapable of hanging on to a ~quarter sized bit of plastic, then I put forth that YOU sir are an idiot. I have several SD cards and a couple of microSD cards, and I have yet to lose one.

Oh, and fcuk you, I'll stand in your lawn if I damn well please!
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fsusmithc2
03/06/09

In reply to First SDXC Card Is The World's Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
Ok this is getting fun. My first compy was a 286 system my dad bought at a local PC shop. 16Mhz and I believe a 40mb HDD. The ram was measured in kb back then but I don't recall how much. We even put a 287 math co-processor in that thing! I have fond memories of dear old dad teaching me the ropes of DOS and BASIC and him trying to keep me from playing Police Quest because of the "adult situations".

If you think SDHC/XC has an impressive size/cap spec, what about Micro SDHC eh? My phone has a 2gb but don't they go up to at least 8gb now? On a piece of PCB not much bigger than a fingernail. Wow really just doesn't cover it. Be lucky friends that we live in this exciting time. Who knows when the technology plateau will be reached but I don't think any time soon. We still have teleporters, flying cars, and warp drives to invent.
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Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!:
03/06/09

@fsusmithc2: They go up to 16 now =D
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IN THE FACE!
03/06/09

@AznSlackerType: Supposedly 32gb microSDs are available in Asia, but I have not been able to confirm that as of yet.
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CatboyMac's angry girlfriend
03/06/09

In reply to First SDXC Card Is The World's Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
Man, my first Computer had a 20gb hard drive. I still have that hard drive today.

How utterly useless now, lol.
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MikeSWelch
03/06/09

@CatboyMac's angry girlfriend: Its kinda funny how you can tell people's age based on what size HD their first computer had.

My first computer was an Apple IIGS - no hard drive there.

My second computer had a 230MB hard drive.
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ryujiikata
03/06/09

@CatboyMac's angry girlfriend: Oh man, that big? My first computer was a big hunk of junk that my uncle had written a DOS shell to boot the programs for me. I think my next computer, the ye olde Acer laptop, had maybe 75 MB HD space. When my grandpa got a PC with Windows 95 and 1 GB HD space, I nearly shit myself.
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shinchan
03/06/09

@ryujiikata: I still have a 3gb and a 4gb hdd lying around for no utter reason.

And an old 286, which still works, can't remember how much space it has, but not more than 100mb.

Then I look at my 15x10mm 8gb microsd card lying on the table and I'm simply impressed at how fast technology evolves.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
03/06/09

@shinchan: The 6gb drive on my mac started dying, so I had to clone it onto a 10gb drive, as that was the smallest I could find.
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IN THE FACE!
03/06/09

@CatboyMac's angry girlfriend: On my first computer, I had to chisel the bits onto the platter by hand, and spin the platter with a foot crank...
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ripfire
03/06/09

@bpapa9013: The closest thing I came to that would are the punch cards.
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ripfire
03/06/09

@ripfire: Oh I did NOT just type that.
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