Apple has spoken folks and generally when Apple speaks, everyone listens. Placing an SD card slot into the new MacBook Pro is a signal of things to come but the question is what are these “things”? Most people, including me, were left scratching our collective heads when we heard of the new SD slot. Could photography and that particular segment be so important for Apple to include a SD card slot?

Granted that SD card offer a lot more variety than just storage but I think that the real reason for the inclusion is to create differentiation in the laptop product line. Notice that the earlier Macbook got bumped up to a macbook pro category leaving w.i.d.e open spaces in the traditional macbook category for new entrants. Could these new entrants be a Apple Netbook or the ever so elusive Apple tablet? I certainly hope so!