Kensington 33407 7-in-1 Media Reader for Expresscard Slot for Memory Stick, Multimedia Card, xD-Picture Card

List Price: $37.99 Discount Price: $31.40

Features:

• Transfer pictures and music between laptop and media devices
• Rapid data transfer at USB 2.0 speed (up to 480Mpbs)
• Hot swappableâ¿¿attach/detach without powering down the system
• Works with the following media cards: Memory Stick , Memory Stick PRO , MultiMedia Card(MMC), xD-Picture Cardâ¿¢, (SD) Secure Digital Memory Card, and miniSD, microSD/TransFlash (requires card manufacturer's adapter)

Customer Reviews:

Avoid if you have a MacBook Pro [Posted on 2008-05-08]
I can't speak to other computers, but this is not a good choice for MacBook Pro owners. The card inserted fine, read my SD card properly and quickly, but when I closed the MBP it wouldn't go to sleep. It would start to sleep, then immediately wake up again, then try to sleep, wake up, etc., in an endless cycle. I e-mailed Kensington tech support about it and received no response whatsoever. I'm not inclined to waste my time begging for their help, so I returned it to Amazon.

I've checked out the reviews for several adapters of this type, and many of them seem to have this same problem, so it doesn't appear to be unique to Kensington. There's one review on the Sandisk SDAD109A11 Digital Media Memory Card to Express Slot Adapter that says it works correctly with MBP. I'm trying that next and will post a review on that product's page one way or the other.

Great Expresscard! It works as it should be. [Posted on 2008-05-19]
I own a Lenovo thinkpad T60. This card works just as a flash drive, plug in and play! Just one small annoying thing is if you does not use the adapter for the SD card, it will get stuck in it and you would need a tweezer to pick it out. Otherwise, it's very easy to use.

CAUSED *HOURS* of wasted time! [Posted on 2008-06-09]
I just noticed another reviewer posted a similar issue.

MacBook Pro (latest version) will simply not sleep with this card installed.

Unfortunately, I did not notice this problem immediately after installing the card, and it was pretty far down on my troubleshooting list. I spend hours eliminating other possibilities before I removed the card and the problem resolved instantly.

I previously had an Adata card which did not have this problem, but unfortunately died for other reasons.

Overall conclusion: AVOID.

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