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WHY YOUR LAPTOP’S SD CARD READER MIGHT BE TERRIBLE

For content creators, a laptop with a built-in SD card reader is a preferred feature. Some users go so far as to consider laptops only if they have a reader.

One mistake with that choice is it assumes all SD card slots are created equal. Our tests clearly show they’re not. It’s also difficult to know how fast the SD card reader in your laptop is. If SD card speed really matters to you, the best way to get what you want is to buy an external reader whose specs are clearly designated.

PCWorld put four newly manufactured laptops’ SD cards through their paces. For this challenge we looked at:

Dell XPS 15 9500

Gigabyte Aero 17

XPG Xenia 15

Dell G5 15 SE

To give us a control point, we

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