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26 Feb, 2017
Can boot OS X from Sandisk adapter but not as quickly as from ssd or hdd
These Sandisk adapters are foolproof and work great. You can boot OS X from these but it is noticeably slower than booting from an SSD or HDD. I used a high-speed "gold" SD card which helped speed things up somewhat. For whatever reason, I haven't been able to figure out how to boot Windows from an SD card using this adapter, whether on a MacBook Pro or on a standard Windows laptop. I suppose you need a special BIOS that has the capability to do so. I was hoping that I could boot my MBP into Windows using this adapter and not have to install Windows using BootCamp, but it didn't work. (I also couldn't boot Windows from a WinTec 96 GB ExpressCard.) Mostly, I use this card as an emergency bootup for OS X and as a quick way to transfer photos from my digital camera. The card sticks out slightly so it is not as elegant as, say, a Lexar 8 GB ExpressCard which seats flush. When inserting and ejecting the SD card, you often have to also insert or eject the entire SD card adapter for Windows to recognize what just happened. You will see another adapter like this (I think from Sony) that has a spring-loaded mechanism which supposedly allows you to push on the SD card to eject it instead of pulling it out, but that product has the same flaws as this one (that product also often requires inserting or ejecting the entire adapter for Windows to realize that something just changed). The spring-loaded feature of that other product doesn't even work that good - the SD card still stays stuck in the adapter and when you try to dislodge it, the adapter comes out at the same time. I would recommend saving your money and buying this Sandisk product rather than the spring-loaded one.
07 Feb, 2015
My first Apple product and not my last - I absolutely LOVE this laptop
1 of 1 found this helpful After decades of stubborn resistance, I finally bought an Apple product. Only reason I kept holding off is because, 5 seconds before purchasing a new Mac, iPhone, or iPad, the wickedly high price tag always stopped me cold. I would lust for Apple's products but couldn't justify paying for them, with so many cheaper products from competitors. So, one of my friends tempted me with his Mac Mini while we were on a business trip. I read up on the Mini and how the newest one was, in some ways, a step back. For example, Apple dropped the quad core CPU. Still, seeing the OS X interface up close in real use, not hobbled like the locked-down Macs in Best Buy, I was blown away and had to find me a Mac. I decided my strategy would be to find a 5 or 6-year-old professional-class laptop that could run OS X and 64-bit Windows 7 (as I despise Win 8's tile interface, and Win 10 is still a long ways off). My friend warned me how the newer Mac laptops are sealed units. The sweet spot of power and openness, without paying in gold ingots, was from about 2007 to 2009. The 17" models that I looked into were the A1229 (late 2007), A1261 (early 2008), and A1297 (early 2009). THIS laptop is a custom-ordered A1261. Most A1261s have a 1680 x 1050 display with a 2.5 GHz Intel Core2Duo. This one has an LED-backlit, anti-glare (matte) 1920 x 1200 display with a 2.6 GHz Intel Core2Duo. I have the same high-def screen as the A1297, except mine is anti-glare. This MBP was lightly used, mostly kept as a backup. There were almost no scratches. The laptop looked brand new. My first impression upon unwrapping the MBP was, wow, this thing is heavy (but in a good way). My second impression was, wow, this thing is gorgeous! I kept turning it over, looking at every little detail, and admiring the aesthetics. I opened the lid with one finger (unlike my Sony that requires two hands), hit the button, and saw no creepy text-based interface. There was a slight pause in the status bar for a few seconds, which had me concerned (is this MBP too slow with only 2 GB RAM?), but then it started moving quickly and booted into OS X much faster than my 2011 Sony with 8 GB RAM boots into Win 7. My first impression of the screen was sheer awe. I copied MP4 files from USB stick of pilot episodes of CW shows Reign and The 100. The Sony looked washed out and sounded OK. The MBP looked crystal sharp and sounded amazing! Black looks black, not murky bluish-black. The bass was thundering. I'm hooked. I can never go back to watching videos on the Sony. The Sony trackpad feels chintzy. The MBP's? Effortlessly-smooth! The Sony's mouse button now annoys the heck out of me. CLICK. Never bothered me before. I guess I'm becoming an Apple snob lol. As a first-time Mac user, however, I have to admit that I AM struggling. For example, where the hell is the right-mouse button??? This drives me nuts. I can't figure out how to do simple things without the right-mouse button. Two other struggles: How do I turn up the brightness? (I figured out how, inside the "gear" icon.) How do I network the MPB and Sony together with a switch and two Ethernet cables? (Still don't know how.) I'm impressed with OS X's responsiveness. I have yet to see an hourglass. The MPB feels like it is always roaring to go, waiting for me, not the other way around. I'm sure that in time, I will learn all the tricks of OS X and the quirks of Macintosh. My score is 4.75 stars - not 5 only because of the lack of right-mouse button.