To be honest, I felt the very same way at first. I was even looking for a separate Memory Card for awhile. It's a pure convenience issue though. As long as you keep your system memory cleared and keep the most recent files on the AR all it takes is a simple select and move before you play and after you're done. It's really not so bad if you can routinely do that. It's a more than fair trade off for having separate ST-Key, Ram Carts and Memory Cart that you have to swap out just right during boots/saves to get all the stuff to work right. Besides, if you are playing an import or a game that utilizes the RAM expansion options you're going to be moving saves from the system memory most the time anyway. Even with a direct save cart.