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What's up with people wanting SUBnotebooks with 1,000 bits of hardware?
Yes, you're missing something here.

Have you ever heard of a USB hub?

It boggles my mind that because you have an issue with
WiFi (most of us don't) and apparently use your digital
camera continuously that you want to balloon back up a
SUB-notebook to include 4 USB ports and an
ExpressCard slot and a media card slot and a SIM card
slot and a...what else would you like on a SUB-
notebook? Perhaps a pizza oven as well? What about
the people that want to save weight & space on their
lap/desk/tray-table?

Luckily for the world, USB hubs exist. For those that get
to their hotel and want to plug in a printer and media
card reader and iPod and optical drive and a USB modem
and whatever else, they can delve into their carry-on or
their checked luggage and drag out a (fairly light but
bulky) USB hub and all the devices they want to attach to
it.

I have a full-size PowerBook and I'm perfectly happy it
has no media card slot. I don't use my digital cameras
that often, and when I do, I plug in a reader. The rest of
the time, adding extra slots I don't use much would just
make my laptop that much bigger, and I do drag it onto
planes so giving-up less-needed slots is just fine by me.

FAR more important than a media card slot would be an
ExpressCard slot (& yes, my full-size PowerBook has
one), so, Apple, please DON'T add media card slots to
your notebooks.
Posted by: jayk_z   Posted on: 01/15/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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What's up with people wanting SUBnotebooks with 1,000 bits of hardware?  jayk_z | 01/15/08
I agree. This model is about thin and light  Prognosticator | 01/15/08
Say what?  MWPollard | 01/16/08
Aren't Subnotebooks for the road warrior?  palmsolo (aka Matthew Miller) ZDNet Moderator | 01/15/08
No.  Tigertank | 01/16/08
What do most people consider essential? The Web, or their camera?  jayk_z | 01/16/08
I agree AND...  GSavage777 | 01/16/08
I'm looking at a Dell XPS M1330 ....  kd5auq | 01/15/08
You forgot to mention your Dell weighs as much as a chair  Prognosticator | 01/15/08
This particular Dell is the same size as the Apple!  kd5auq | 01/16/08
No, it's not, it's twice as thick. (N/T)  buddhistMonkey | 01/16/08
You also get..  msalzberg | 01/16/08
I do not like my Dell - Don't do it  007baf | 01/16/08
I OWN a Dell and...  GSavage777 | 01/16/08
MacBook Air?: It's just an 'extra-slim dongle'  D. T. Schmitz | 01/15/08
i wonder...  lostarchitect | 01/15/08
I thought that was his name.  msalzberg | 01/17/08
Huh huh huh  Tigertank | 01/16/08
Where the hell is the floppy drive!  Len Rooney | 01/15/08
i don't travel with...  lostarchitect | 01/15/08
oh, i also use a usb flash drive. n/m  lostarchitect | 01/16/08
why can't you just cable directly from camera to Mac?  doctorSpoc | 01/15/08
why can't you just cable directly from camera to Mac?  jsahiri@... | 01/16/08
RE: What's up with the MacBook Air single USB port and where is the flash c  ninaMonster | 01/16/08
Lack of ports, slots  MWPollard | 01/16/08
This Macbook is full of Hot Air  podstolom | 01/16/08
RE: What's up with the MacBook Air single USB port and where is the flash c  TCollinsG3 | 01/16/08
Huh?  msalzberg | 01/17/08
4 port hub  Shep70 | 01/17/08

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