No Express card Slot on New Macbook Pro

Leonard Levy · June 9th, 2009, 04:58 PM

Plain stupid of apple. Very disappointing. They'll sell a lot of old 15" macbook pros.
Screwing a market they helped create.

Daniel Epstein · June 9th, 2009, 08:59 PM

Maybe they are being manufacturer agnostic by making both Sony XDCAM EX and Panasonic P2 users buy adapters to transfer their media.

Mark Slocombe · June 16th, 2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Alister Chapman

I have a tiny Fujitsu netbook that has an express card slot, SD card slot, USB, full size VGA, Network and audio connectors. If they can squeeze that lot on a netbook why not a 13" or 15" MBP. What are they thinking. It's not just SxS users that will be annoyed but also the users of esata adapters etc.

Hi Alister - are you able to use your Fujitsu to ingest sxs into your Mac setup? If so, how?

Alister Chapman · June 16th, 2009, 02:56 PM

Two options:

ONE: Backup the cards to a USB drive or drives and then use Calibrated-Q on the mac and work with the native MP4's.

TWO: Install OS-X on the netbook. It can be done, but according to Apple's EULA that's not permitted.

I'm using option one as I find more and more that I need to share projects with non mac users. In addition in the future I don't believe that the FCP workflow will still be based on .movs, whether that comes from Apple or by Sony re-writting the Transfer Tool to work the way Calibrated-Q works I don't know. So by working with MP4's now my future workflow path is more open.

Mark Slocombe · June 21st, 2009, 02:35 AM

Due to loss of ExpressCard on MBP 15" was considering a Refurb machine from Apple - but is there no Firewire on the recent models that do have ExpressCard? Seems crazy..

Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Apple Store (U.K.)

Alister Chapman · June 21st, 2009, 11:03 AM

As far as I know every MBP has firewire. Some only have a FW800 port but this is back compatible with FW400.

Daniel Epstein · June 21st, 2009, 05:42 PM

I picked up a refurb 15 inch from Apple last week. It only has Firewire 800. Apple store wanted 29.95 for the cable but Tekserve here in NY wanted $10.

June 16th, 2009, 02:56 PM	#19
Alister Chapman Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,957	Two options: ONE: Backup the cards to a USB drive or drives and then use Calibrated-Q on the mac and work with the native MP4's. TWO: Install OS-X on the netbook. It can be done, but according to Apple's EULA that's not permitted. I'm using option one as I find more and more that I need to share projects with non mac users. In addition in the future I don't believe that the FCP workflow will still be based on .movs, whether that comes from Apple or by Sony re-writting the Transfer Tool to work the way Calibrated-Q works I don't know. So by working with MP4's now my future workflow path is more open. __________________ Alister Chapman, Film-Maker/Stormchaser http://www.xdcam-user.com/alisters-blog/ My XDCAM site and blog. http://www.hurricane-rig.com

June 21st, 2009, 02:35 AM	#20
Mark Slocombe Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 120	MBP 15" firewire? Due to loss of ExpressCard on MBP 15" was considering a Refurb machine from Apple - but is there no Firewire on the recent models that do have ExpressCard? Seems crazy.. Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - Apple Store (U.K.) __________________ Mark Slocombe, CreationVideo http://www.creationvideo.com

June 21st, 2009, 11:03 AM	#21
Alister Chapman Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,957	As far as I know every MBP has firewire. Some only have a FW800 port but this is back compatible with FW400. __________________ Alister Chapman, Film-Maker/Stormchaser http://www.xdcam-user.com/alisters-blog/ My XDCAM site and blog. http://www.hurricane-rig.com

June 9th, 2009, 04:58 PM	#16
Leonard Levy Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,684	Plain stupid of apple. Very disappointing. They'll sell a lot of old 15" macbook pros. Screwing a market they helped create.

June 9th, 2009, 08:59 PM	#17
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	Maybe they are being manufacturer agnostic by making both Sony XDCAM EX and Panasonic P2 users buy adapters to transfer their media.

June 21st, 2009, 05:42 PM	#22
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	I picked up a refurb 15 inch from Apple last week. It only has Firewire 800. Apple store wanted 29.95 for the cable but Tekserve here in NY wanted $10.