Apple killed a MacBook Pro feature that photographers rely on

There's no question the new MacBook Pros are flashy. The new Touch Bar is exciting and the Touch ID is awesome. And who's going to hate on thinner and lighter machines?

I'm not jazzed over losing the MagSafe magnetic charging port, but I do like the versatility of having four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports that can handle charging, high-speed data transfer at up to 40Gbps and video output. 

But why, oh, why did Apple have to remove the SD card slot, the one port that so many photographers and video producers rely on daily?

As digital cameras rose in popularity — and the industry rallied behind the SD card format over Sony's Memory Stick, xD and CompactFlash — in the mid-2000s, Apple smartly added the SD card slot to its MacBook laptops, starting with the 15-inch MacBook Pro in 2009. Read more...