Originally Posted by
besttravelgear
Which do you think is the fastest, most reliable option? The card or the USB flash? And the most straightforward with the least amount of reformatting and fussing? Apparently, the 13 inch Air's have the sd slot, but not the smaller ones. I'm pretty sure I'm getting the 13" (any opinions on which size is optimal on the MBA are welcome). Thanks!
According to some quick Googling.
The SD card does beat out a USB drive.
So you're going to have a SD card that can read and write much faster.
However, I see some fitment issues on some macs viewing the pictures.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-me...mg_see_all_txt
The USB drive I posted gets
59.62 GB (64GB)
READ
19.89 MB/Sec
WRITE
5.97 MB/Sec
The PNY SD Card
READ
90MB/Sec
WRITE
60.1MB/Sec