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It does look a bit cheap, and the protruding part is not aesthetically pleasing, but at least it has good specs. I wish they could make it work while keeping it
by Jiejeing 4y ago
It does look a bit cheap, and the protruding part is not aesthetically pleasing, but at least it has good specs. I wish they could make it work while keeping it the same form factors as the other parts.
- liminalsunset 4y agoThe problem with the protruding part is that the Ethernet port itself is thicker than the laptop body itself. In this case, even if they were to go the route that some thin laptops use (hinged collapsible port), it would likely hit the table due to the thinness of the laptop. If you put the port on a little cable, you're back to the USB-C dongle thing.
- Jiejeing 4y agoYes, I know there is no good engineering solution unless you accept to have thicker expansion cards on both sides (e.g. with rubber pads on the bottom) that would be used as slightly elevated support for the laptop.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoIt wouldn't hit the table because foldable Ethernet ports fold up, not down. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/12/8/16750574/pop-out-ethernet-jack https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/12/8/16750574/p...
- danudey 4y agoMore moving parts reduces reliability. Also, most laptops with collapsable ethernet ports do indeed fold down. I've seen dozens of them, but I've never seen a port like the one you posted (probably because it's a terrible idea, but maybe for other reasons).
- kibwen 4y agoAlthough, to be fair, it would certainly drive home the Framework's repairability after the fifth time that the collapsible port breaks. :P
- dannyw 4y agoWe can make airplanes. I'm sure we can make a folding Ethernet port that is reliable enough. I will never accept bad design. This is bad design.