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The built-in ethernet is the biggest selling point for me. My work often requires me to plug into various devices via wired ethernet and it's almost guaranteed

by petemc_ 11y ago

The built-in ethernet is the biggest selling point for me. My work often requires me to plug into various devices via wired ethernet and it's almost guaranteed I would forget/lose an adapter one day. If the 2008 macbook I've used every day since I bought it new fails, and the spare I got from a rich client who felt the need to upgrade also fails, I would probably consider buying 2012 version.

rsync 11y ago
I cannot believe this ... I read it here in your comment and I read it in the article ... This is the only mac laptop available with an ethernet port ? Seriously ? The current large size (15", right ?) macbook pro does not have an RJ45 port ?
- derefr 11y ago
  You can look up a picture, but to paint one more evocatively through description: there's about 2mm of metal casing above and below the USB ports. The sides are effectively one USB-port high. RJ-45 ain't gonna fit.
  - Symbiote 11y ago
    With a little ingenuity, an ethernet port could have fitted [1]. A new Macbook Pro is my first Mac (provided by work), and I was surprised how much crap like this there was, which the other developers mentioned over the course of my first day. "Oh, you'll need a Magsafe to Magsafe 2 adaptor." "Careful with the Thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor, we've had to replace two motherboards when the cables snagged on the port." "Here's a USB hub." And the Mac keyboard has a non-standard USB plug [2], as well as the non-standard keyboard layout. Apple have very effective marketing though, the other developers didn't seem to think there was any other laptop which had a metal body, or comparable battery life. [1] http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/Sony_Vaio_X_79.jpg http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/Sony_V... [2] http://i.imgur.com/YhjBHOI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YhjBHOI.jpg
- spicyj 11y ago
  Right. The laptop is too thin to fit one.

by petemc_ 11y ago

rsync 11y ago

I cannot believe this ... I read it here in your comment and I read it in the article ... This is the only mac laptop available with an ethernet port ? Seriously ? The current large size (15", right ?) macbook pro does not have an RJ45 port ?

derefr 11y ago
You can look up a picture, but to paint one more evocatively through description: there's about 2mm of metal casing above and below the USB ports. The sides are effectively one USB-port high. RJ-45 ain't gonna fit.
- Symbiote 11y ago
  With a little ingenuity, an ethernet port could have fitted [1]. A new Macbook Pro is my first Mac (provided by work), and I was surprised how much crap like this there was, which the other developers mentioned over the course of my first day. "Oh, you'll need a Magsafe to Magsafe 2 adaptor." "Careful with the Thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor, we've had to replace two motherboards when the cables snagged on the port." "Here's a USB hub." And the Mac keyboard has a non-standard USB plug [2], as well as the non-standard keyboard layout. Apple have very effective marketing though, the other developers didn't seem to think there was any other laptop which had a metal body, or comparable battery life. [1] http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/Sony_Vaio_X_79.jpg http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/Sony_V... [2] http://i.imgur.com/YhjBHOI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YhjBHOI.jpg
spicyj 11y ago
Right. The laptop is too thin to fit one.