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Over at Game|Life, the Wired.com gaming blog, there is a nice little writeup about the memory card adapter for the PS3. This is the peripheral that allows you to dump your PSone and PS2 game saves from you existing memory cards onto your PS3. Not a bad deal for $15, especially if you have a lot of data laying around that you don't want to lose. Me? I see this as an excuse to play Frequency again, but I digress. The writer over at Game|Life didn't exactly enjoy the dumping process...
In even more ways, it's a rather inelegant solution. I assumed, wrongly, that I'd just be able to plug the card in and copy a single memory card file over. Say, FFXII. No: before you can even view the contents of the card, you have to first copy the entire thing onto the hard drive. And the PS3 automatically creates a separate "Virtual Memory Card" directory for the contents of that card.
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. I think the point has been made. The card adapter is one of those things I don't even think it's worth complaining about. $15 is a pretty reasonable price, and since you'll only need to use the product once to dump all your files you are free to resell it or—if you don't mind being sleazy—rent it out to PS3-owning people you know for a profit.
Is it inelegant? Sure, but at least Sony is providing a cheap and relatively easy way to move your old game saves around. If you've ever known the heartbreak of your original Xbox dying only to lose all your data when you got it replaced, you know how nice that is.
Apple's MagSafe power adapter is kind of a mixed bag in the eyes of the Ars staff. While we all appreciate the thought behind the concept, sometimes it lets go far too easily while, at other times, it holds on like an overprotective mother. And, while none of us have experienced this particular problem as of yet, Apple has acknowledged that some of the power adapters that came with MacBooks and MacBook Pros have a flaw where they fray at the base of the plug.
If your adapter looks like this: 1. Smack yourself for continuing to use it. 2. Bring it to an Apple Store for a replacement.
Apple has decided to replace these at no cost to the user at authorized Apple service centers or official Apple Stores. As long as the adapter has not received any abuse from the user and there are more in stock, it should be replaced on the spot. The power adapters flaw are found specifically in MacBooks, 15" Glossy MacBook Pros, and 17" MacBook Pros.