May 30, 2004

Memory Card Reader

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 12:24 AM

Well, if you take over 500 pictures on a vacation, it is helpful to have an easy way to transfer them onto your computer. I have a memory card reader built into my HP PSC 2210 printer/copier/scanner, but it is only USB 1.1 and it is hooked up to my GNU/Linux box which (even when I have supermount or automount set up) has always required me to manually mount and unmount each card as root. A big pain!

So, I decided to buy a second card reader, this one for my Mac. I got a Lexar USB “Hi-Speed” (f/k/a USB 2.0) Multi-Card Reader for $30 at CompUSA. It supports pretty much any card presently available, including memory sticks and SD cards. The USB 2.0 functionality should be a big help in getting the photos downloaded at something resembling a decent speed, and it will allow me to place them in a iPhoto album and burn them to DVD without a lot of hassle.

Perhaps I'll give the drive a spin tomorrow.

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2 comments posted so far.

RE: Memory Card Reader

One nice feature of my HP laptop is the digital media reader built in.

The downside to my HP laptop is that iPhoto is not available for the PC. :(

Posted by kevin - May 30, 2004 | 12:47 AM- Location:

RE: Memory Card Reader

That does sound nice. I guess you could always try to install “PearPC” (pearpc.sf.net) on your laptop and see how it runs. ;-)

Posted by Timothy R. Butler - May 30, 2004 | 3:13 PM- Location: MO

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