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It looks to me like the RJ45 jack is taller than the expansion card slot, and the depth of the bump is more or less the depth of the RJ45 jack + the space neede
by dicriseg 4y ago
It looks to me like the RJ45 jack is taller than the expansion card slot, and the depth of the bump is more or less the depth of the RJ45 jack + the space needed to wire it in. I'm not sure what else they could have done to produce something that fits in the expansion slot. You can always just use a USB-C ethernet dongle if you think you're going to disconnect it every time it goes into a bag.
Just looking at it, as long as its manufactured to reasonable tolerances, you'd have to do quite a bit to damage the laptop via the protrusion. I'm not sure how big of a deal this is. I'd just throw it in a bag and not worry about it, protrusion and all.
- solardev 4y agoCouldn't they have copied one of the expanding RJ45 designs? There's so many out there, like: https://imgur.com/eJVvlQx https://imgur.com/eJVvlQx https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1520/4366/products/type-c-slim-multi-port-adapter-with-ethernet-usb-c-satechi-494524_1024x.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1520/4366/products/type-c-... https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-n2pgpewhfn/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/1250802/1222988/3CXE589EC-US-lg__89101.1637904640.jpg?c=2 https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-n2pgpewhfn/images/stencil/12... Trying to fit ethernet into a slimmer form factor has been around for a loooooooong time....
- MrStonedOne 4y agoNo. Those fucking suck, and some of us use our laptops on our laps, with ethernet connected. Those expanding jacks basically only work while it is on a desk because if the cable bends downwards even a tiny bit it just comes out.
- solardev 4y agoI dunno why your comment was marked dead, but I vouched for it. That's a good point / use case that should be kept in mind.
- MrStonedOne 4y ago
- teddyh 4y agoThere are likely patents covering those, which probably are owned by existing laptop vendors.
- solardev 4y agoEven the USB and PCMCIA ones? They're pretty different designs.
- sverhagen 4y ago> I'm not sure what else they could have done to produce something that fits in the expansion slot They could've made the expansion slot bigger. It's unlikely that Ethernet wasn't talked about at some point when they designed the laptop. They chose not to, which may very well be the right choice, but then we're talking about trade-ofs not about possibilities.