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Glad the haven’t phased out the USB Type-A, HDMI, SD Card ports. Looks like a real “pro” machine. Dell, HP, etc., can’t copy Apple fast enough... including Ap
by appleiigs 8y ago
Glad the haven’t phased out the USB Type-A, HDMI, SD Card ports. Looks like a real “pro” machine.
Dell, HP, etc., can’t copy Apple fast enough... including Apple’s blunders.
- 4ad 8y agoThey have phased out real Ethernet port for the mini-Ethernet which requires a dongle. If they can't put in a real Ethernet I would have preferred an extra USB port, or something more useful. I can use my own USB->Ethernet dongle, I don't need the special Lenovo one. Still, pretty minor complaint. My main complaint is the 16:9 screen. Why is it that only Apple can put 16:10 screens in laptops... A 3:2 screen would be better yet. The Microsoft Surface has (had?) a 3:2 screen, but it came with too many tradeoffs to seriously consider it.
- lorenzhs 8y agoI think the argument for the ethernet dongle is that it's still a builtin ethernet controller, and all the dongle does it put the connector outside. It's just a bit of plastic and some wires. The advantage is that you can use any dongle and you'll always have the same MAC address. This is relevant in some DHCP setups. I'm not totally convinced by that, either, but at least the dongle is included in the box (X1C5).
- appleiigs 8y agoDropping the ethernet is more reasonable to me given how common wifi is now. Also, the latop form is expected to be mobile and not tied to the wall.
- lmilcin 8y agoThere are real reasons to have Ethernet. For one, many companies don't allow access to their resources over WiFi. I also do large part of my work on remote VM and lower latency of Ethernet makes it more smooth.
- llampx 8y agoFrom what I understand, the dedicated Ethernet port has to do with vPro and/or having one MAC address all the time. I do agree that another USB port would be more useful.