Downloading pix on to laptop - cable needed?

[SRH]

I bought a second hand Canon Ixus 400 camera off ebay but it didn't come with an instruction book or any cables etc. My dad's PC has a slot to put the memory card in to download the pix, but my laptop doesn't have this slot. How can I get the pix on to my laptop? Can you get a cable with a 'slot' on the end? I know, I know, I'm not very tech savvy! Have tried searching Canon and PC World sites etc for such a device but have no idea what the name of the thing I'm looking for would be... Help!

[Ethel]

Buy an external memory card reader - here are a few examples:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Card-Readers-Co mputer-Peripherals/b?ie=UTF8&node=10392011

[SRH]

Thanks Ethel - and superquick! x

[ACtheTROLL]

Or you could just nip down to tesco, jessops, PC world, maplins .... or whichever friendly neghbourhood shoppe is most convenient.

I see that only the dearest readers are eligible for free postage .... so the cheapest �1.68 "bargain" will cost an extra �4.50 - a grand total of �6.18
far cheaper to spend less than the average postage costs on a propper bargain + bus ticket

[rojash]

I used to have an Ixus and it had a mini USB port. If yours has too, get a USB mini B cable, it's cheaper and more convenient than a card reader/

[SRH]

will check my camera when i get home. Thanks everyone - what would I do without AB? (and your good selves?) ;)