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I don't buy this.

Jeremy-UK 13th Jun 2009

Sounds like you need a MacBook Pro 17" - and I'd humbly suggest
given the move to "HD" for video that would be a more appropriate
choice anyway. Apple purposely left the ExpressCard slot on that
system.

Really the loss of the ExpressCard slot has nothing to do with
"branding issues" - there just isn't the physical room for it now the
MacBook Pro 15" has the same "long life" battery as the MacBook Pro
17" - the smaller chassis hasn't the room. This is a trade off - Apple
have decided that for most buyers the better battery is more
important. I think they also see that SD Cards are used a lot - so
adding that is helpful. (I shoot video onto SD Card for example - it's a
boon for me).

A cynic would also say as the chief use for ExpressCards is for mobile
broadband and they just added tethering to the iPhone ... but only a
cynic would even suggest that! (Actually I do wonder if the logic ran
the other way - we'll never know if the loss of the ExpressCard slot on
the 15" MacBook Pro prompted Apple to offer tethering on the new
iPhone).