Anybody who has used a media reader pc card adaptor in a laptop knows how much of a pain they can be, not only in terms of slow performance, but of hogging up too much CPU resources causing the entire system to continuously hesitate while accessing the card. Until now, the only other available option was USB media readers. These devices easily outperformed their PC card brethren, but added another part to pack in one's laptop bag. Apiotek has taken care of both issues with the 24 in 1 express card adaptor.