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I think where these guys made a mistake was not designing some sort of back slot for things like this where you could put a slab on the back of the laptop. Sla
by bioemerl 4y ago
I think where these guys made a mistake was not designing some sort of back slot for things like this where you could put a slab on the back of the laptop.
Slab on the back would have enough space, it wouldn't look so weird and cheap, and you could put all sorts of fun stuff back there like an actual docking module.
Or extra batteries.
I would be amazed if this thing sells much at all, because having that big square thing come out of the side of the laptop just looks like it's asking to break. It looks wrong, it feels wrong, and it's just not going to work.
- ImprovedSilence 4y ago>> It looks wrong, it feels wrong, and it's just not going to work. Eh, the RJ-45 jack is thicker than the laptop, I think this is good enough of a solution for now. And I’m someone that would spring for the ethernet adapter. I’d consider getting a framework, but I’d start by buying the low end of everything, and just see how many years I could keep running it, ship of Theseus style. That said, it wouldn’t be my main dev machine…
- bioemerl 4y agoIt's thicker, but is there a USB-C 2.5gbps dongle on the market? I can't imagine someone opting for this sort of solution over a dongle.
- andreareina 4y agoFor occasional plugging in a dongle I keep in by bag would be preferred. For frequent plugging in that gets cumbersome and I'd prefer the module or if I were feeling extravagant a dongle permanently attached to each ethernet cable.
- jagger27 4y agoYeah there are plenty of cheap ones to choose from.