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That SD slot on the MacBook Pro? Not just for digital cameras
Hard Mac reports on a newly released Apple Knowledge Base article that reveals this nice little tidbit about the new MacBook Pro's SD slot. Not only can you use it to dump pictures off your digital camera, but you can use it as a boot disk if need be. The article also reveals: You can use the thinner MultiMediaCards with the SD slot. Cards that have a thickness or surfaces that exceed 2.1mm should not be used. You can use standard SD cards (4MB to 4GB) and SDHC (4-32GB) cards in the slot. MiniSD, MicroSD, MiniSDHC and MicroSDHC can also be used with adapters. The SD slot will work with cards that exceed 32GB SD cards with the exFAT file system will not be read, will need to be reformatted as a FAT32 SD cards are read as USB storage devices To use the SD card as a startup volume, change the default partition table to GUID and format the card to use the Mac OS Extended file format SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) cards will not be recognized The SD card slot will work with Boot Camp for both Windows XP and Windows Vista. [Via Macworld]
Nakamichi's stylin' Lumos portable DVD player
If you've been looking for a portable DVD player that's a little more stylish than the usual fare, you may want to head down to your local Nakimichi distributor to check out the company's new 7-inch Lumos with its "jewel polished, sensuous black frame." We have to admit that this slot-loading model does look rather sensuous, and is all the more appealing when you find out that it supports both DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs, MP3 and photo CDs, and even images and movies straight from your digital camera, thanks to the built-in SD slot. Your $512 also gets you NTSC/PAL support, a pair of speakers, digital audio output, leather strap and carrying case, and what looks like a rather poorly designed remote -- hey, you can't have it all.[Via Popgadget]
