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    The Sony Vaio & the Sony Card

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Consecrated, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. Consecrated

    Consecrated Notebook Evangelist

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    The Sony Vaio laptops are the only notebooks that you can use the Sony memory cards on?

    By the memory cards, I mean like the Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo that is used on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable
     
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    External card readers would do the trick.
     
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  3. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    I don't believe so. I think other notebooks support the MemoryStick as part of a multi-card reader. I'm pretty sure one of my newer Acer notebooks accepts them.
     
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  4. Consecrated

    Consecrated Notebook Evangelist

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    But it would comfort me more if it was without an external card reader just directly built in :)

    Which Acer?
     
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  5. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Acer 3680 and 5920g both take memory sticks, although for a duo I need to use the little adapter.
     
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    Consecrated Notebook Evangelist

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    The Sony memory sticks that I have specifically mentioned?

    For the duo you have to use what kind of adapter?
     
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  7. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    The adapter for the ProDuo cards look like this.... LINK
    Your MS Pro-Duo will fit inside this card then you put it in the laptop card reader. Some Pro-Duo's even come with this adapter.
     
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  8. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Both my tecra notebooks have a built in card reader that supports it.
    I'm guessing that most notebooks would. You can just read the manual (download online before you buy the notebook).
     
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    Thanks! :)
     
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    I use an external pocket-sized card reader, that is connectable to the computer (ANY computer) via either USB or firewire.

    The advantage here is that not only can it work with ANY computer, but also that it can accomodate everything from MS pro duo, HG pro duo, SD, SDHC etc and onward to CF (compact Flash). It weighs in at around 20 gms or so.
     
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