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I think quite many of us developers are happy with not having the thickness of the laptop doubled just to add an ethernet port. You already need to carry a chun
by polack 10y ago
I think quite many of us developers are happy with not having the thickness of the laptop doubled just to add an ethernet port. You already need to carry a chunky ethernet cable with you, so adding an usb-ethernet dongle isn't that big of a price to pay.
- icebraining 10y agoAre there dongles that can do 10, or even 1Gbps?
- polack 10y agoNot sure about 10, but I have a dongle for my XPS 13 (older version) that can do 1 Gbps.
- riobard 10y agoThere are plenty cheap and fast USB3 GbE adapters.
- Spoom 10y agoYes, 10 Gbps through a Thunderbolt port.
- syntheticnature 10y agoThere are definitely 1Gbps dongles, I bought one at Best Buy for a USB-only laptop I picked up. Now, in hindsight, I'd probably go for integrated Ethernet, but I also do a lot of embedded development for which I'm going to be highly dependent on dongles and hubs anyhow.
- cm2187 10y agoMy experience with ethernet dongles is terrible. The biggest problems I have are erratic behavior on wake up. Like 1Gbps switching to 100Mbps, the device taking forever to be recognised when it is not simply not recognised.
- sofaofthedamned 10y agoDoes anybody remember those Ethernet ports that popped out to full size when pressed?? May be due for a return...