To be clear, as I stated earlier in this thread, adding SD does nothing for me and I think it's kind of retrograde to add support for a dying format, but I don't much care. I won't use that feature. It appears to have precluded a feature I could have used (another USB port). The new machines weren't designed for me alone. I'll deal with it.
That said, there's been a ton of people complaining about the lack of SD slots for the past few years and arguing that the MBP isn't "pro" because it doesn't include that slot. In that context, I'm simply voicing and supporting my view.
The return of SD kind of surprises me. This hasn't been Apple's approach in the past-- they've tried to motivate the industry to move to newer and better standards. The regression to SD is counter to that history.
I do believe that there is some circular reasoning driving this. I think people like SD cards in their cameras because their computers make it easy to use them, and people like SD slots in their computers because their cameras have one. If Apple put in a CFExpress slot, which is clearly where we're moving to in the future, I think it would help drive convergence to the better standard.
And I think it's fine to argue that there are more non-pros with SD cards than pros using other things, and that's a fine reason for Apple to support it, but that argument can't easily coexist with arguments about whether the MBP is "sufficiently pro" or arguments that "the industry" wants SD. "The industry" is leaving SD. The more Pro the camera equipment, the more quickly you'll see the transition to better standards.
