While the need to bring along an external card reader may turn off some photographers looking to upgrade, the latest reiteration of the MacBook Pro has a number of perks. The latest MacBook Pro offers a touchscreen function panel that offers custom shortcuts in different apps. The 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro allowed users to power their laptop while using the card reader, an HDMI monitor, a USB keyboard and a USB external hard drive, no adapters needed. With one for the monitor, keyboard, power cord and SD card reader, there isn’t another port for connecting an external hard drive without picking up another accessory - a USB port hub that turns one port into several.
While the four USB ports are nice to have, without any other ports, photographers that have a desktop station with an external monitor and keyboard will quickly run out of ports. The magnetic power cord slot is also gone - the computer is powered by a new cord that fits into one of those four USB slots. Those external readers also have a few negatives - mainly, negating that slimmer profile by requiring another accessory stashed in the bag. In past models like the 2011 MacBooks, external card readers were often considered faster to use, though with Apple saying that the previous model had speeds up to 450 Mb/s, that likely would not have been the case had the 2016 option still included the card slot. External USB readers have a number of different benefits like the ability to read CF and Micro SD cards. That weight loss comes at a cost - for photographers anyway - of bringing an external USB SD card reader along. That allowed Apple to bring the 15 inch laptop’s profile down by about 2.5 millimeters, and the computer also lost about half a pound.
In fact, Apple eliminated everything except for four USB 3.0 ports and a headphone jack - even the Lightning port and Ethernet option is gone.
MACBOOK PRO SD CARD READER DOES NOT WORK UPGRADE
Considered by many to be a creative’s computer for powering applications like Photoshop, the MacBook Pro is a common photographer’s tool - so what do photographers considering an upgrade need to know about Apple’s latest announcements?įirst, that built-in SD card reader is no longer there. Malarie Gokey/Digital TrendsThe SD card slot has joined the ranks of the CD drive and the iPhone 7’s headphone jack - it’s simply not included in the latest round of Apple’s MacBook Pro updates. The latest MacBook Pros use only four USB ports and a headphone jack.
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