It looks like the new Apple Macbook Pro isn't quite as technically well-equipped as the later models. BUMMER!
Although the new 15-inch MacBook Pro has the word "Pro" in it's name, Apple removed it's most pro-level feature: the ExpressCard/34 slot. The fastest interface on the machine, the ExpressCard/34 slot passed data through its direct connection to the system at up to 2.5Gbps through its direct connection to the system bus, enabling blazing fast speeds and almost unlimited expansion capabilities. Compare this to the maximum speed of 0.36Gbps for an SD card slot, which could have been added for a miniscule cost with an ExpressCard adapter anyway. Professional Videographers and Photographers depended on the ExpressCard slot to connect eSATA drives (whose theoretical speeds could reach 3.9Gbps, while real-world usage usually hovers around 1.5Gbps), to add extra FireWire 800 and USB 2.0ports onto their own dedicated buses without interruption from additional peripherals, and to add comprehensive card readers that could read dozens more types of cards than just SD. We hope Apple brings back the ExpressCard/34 slot to the 15-inch MacBook Pros. In the meantime, perhaps Apple should rename this machine the MacBook Semi-Pro!
---->Article written by: Scott Rose, Mac|Life Magazine
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