Can anyone recommend a card reader?

Barno

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Hi, I'm trying to find a decent internal card reader which can be connected via firewire and supports miniSD - can anyone recommend such a device?

Thanks.
 
Thanks! Ok, change of plan then, forget firewire - can anyone recommend a decent internal card reader that supports miniSD?
 
Energize said:
There doesnt seem to be any internal firewire card readers. Even if there was, usb is faster than standard firewire.
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But firewire takes up less CPU overhead, USB is very CPU hoggy. If you have more than one computer I would buy a external card reader, as you can use it on any machine. I've just purchased one of these, about £6-7 total from the auction site, it supports mini sd but you need a adaptor.

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squiffy said:
But firewire takes up less CPU overhead, USB is very CPU hoggy. If you have more than one computer I would buy a external card reader, as you can use it on any machine. I've just purchased one of these, about £6-7 total from the auction site, it supports mini sd but you need a adaptor.
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If your sending something through usb your not going to notice it on a decent cpu.
 
I have some experience with USB and firewire devices/enclosures, generally found firewire faster, less resource hungry and more reliable than USB. So stick with firewire if possible, otherwise USB 2 is ok. ie DV camcorder uses firewire instead of USB 2.

And I would avoid USB printers like the plague.
 
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Do new printers even come with Parallel anymore :/

Can't say I've ever had any probs with USB. My printer, camera and G7/apple keyboard all operate via USB interface and got no issues at all.
 
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