I'll agree that the Sandisk Extreme is a good reader, and most computers these days (and all Macs) have a Firewire (1394) port. The Extreme comes with both Firewire 800 and FW 400 cables.
Let me add that, for the absolute fastest transfer speeds, this reader requires the latest Extreme IV cards.
All of this is moot if you don't need fast card-to-computer transfer speed. Then any reader is fine, and the $15 USB 2 version available at the local big box store is fine.