The general audience for laptops is far wider than just techies. Techies might actually be the minority. Between this and the fact that many people will never s

The general audience for laptops is far wider than just techies. Techies might actually be the minority. Between this and the fact that many people will never see/need an Ethernet cable in their life it makes sense for manufacturers to compete with specifications that the average buyer craves: thin and light. They could have included one of those flip down Ethernet ports though [0][1], since I see there is plenty of space under the edges of the laptop to drop that flap. [0] https://memestatic1.fjcdn.com/comments/I+think+hp+did+it+pretty+well+this+is+the+_53e8b0b4da8822f68622eefa159e277a.jpg https://memestatic1.fjcdn.com/comments/I+think+hp+did+it+pre... [1] http://bcchardware.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=43511&g2_serialNumber=2 http://bcchardware.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.Downloa...