Author: Andrew Schembri Date: March 01, 2008 Manufacturer: Apiotek Provider: Apiotek

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HDTach 3.0.4.0 8mb zones and HDTune 2.54 were used to test the 24 in 1 adaptor’s performance. The adaptor was pitted against its PC card counterpart as well as a Vantec USB card reader for performance testing. A Sandisk 2.0GB SD card was used as the media in all of the tests.

Test System

• Dell Precision M65
• Intel Core2Duo T5600
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive
• 15.4” Widescreen
• Nvidia Quadro FX 350M

The Apiotek 24 in 1 adaptor easily out muscles the PC card in every single performance category, including CPU utilization. This is very important since using a computer while accessing a PC card is very frustrating and almost impossible. These effects aren’t noticed at all when accessing the same media from the Apiotek 24 in 1 adaptor. The Apiotek adaptor performs on par with the Vantec external USB card reader.

Conclusion
With higher performance all around, smaller dimensions and lighter weight, the Apiotek 24 in 1 is simply a must have if you need to access different types of media while on the road. The convenience of ability to leave the adaptor in the laptop without worrying about it breaking is extremely useful. Two minor flaws: when inserted, media cards protrude from the adaptor making them susceptible to breakage, and the adaptor does not include mini/micro card adaptors. Overall, though this is an excellent product!

For a listing of where one can purchase the Apiotek Extreme Adaptor 21 in 1 Express Card, visit Apiotek’s Where to buy page.

Very big thanks goes out to the folks at Apiotek for helping me out with this review. They went beyond the call to help me with this review.

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