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I find a lack of Ethernet port slightly if not very disturbing. For a device which requires an internet connection most if not all of the time, why is the only
by pearjuice 13y ago
I find a lack of Ethernet port slightly if not very disturbing. For a device which requires an internet connection most if not all of the time, why is the only connectivity module wireless access?
- tomkarlo 13y agoBecause you can probably buy a USB ethernet adaptor, and hardly anyone uses wired ethernet with a laptop anymore - that's why lots of other laptops have dropped it. Ethernet is a relatively large connector and the port itself can be hard to integrate into current laptop form factors.
- MAGZine 13y agodo you plug your phone in?
- pearjuice 13y agoIf it had Ethernet-like connectivity, yes.
- jasonpeacock 13y agoBecause everyone uses WIFI. Do you have an ethernet port in every room of your house? And you actually plug in your laptop every time you sit down in each room of your house? Do you plug into ethernet at the coffee shop? Airport? Friend's house? Library? Doctor's office? No, neither do I. That's why it doesn't have an ethernet port, just like your smartphone doesn't have one.
- pearjuice 13y agoWhen given the chance, I plug in an Ethernet port (I always carry an end-to-end Ethernet cable with my laptop). This is because it is faster, safer and a lot more stable than Internet over the air.
- tomkarlo 13y agoIf you're on a decently setup wifi network, this isn't true for practical purposes. The connection from your house to your ISP is going to be effectively your bottleneck 99% of the time.
- pearjuice 13y agoNevertheless I still prefer a cabled connection. Wifi is a whole new attack vector because you have data packets floating through air. They might be encrypted, but that doesn't mean they can't be decrypted by untrusted parties.
- LordIllidan 13y agoI hope it's not indicative of a trend among laptop manufacturers. Apple removed Ethernet ports from their MacBook Pro Retina, ostensibly to reduce form factor, but also rendering it useless if you're in a place without good wifi,and only ethernet - exactly like my current workplace. The chromebook really doesn't appeal to me as a concept. The only attractive thing I find about them is their cheap price and the fact that they tend to have good quality hardware for that price.
- bluedino 13y agoI could see missing the ethernet port on a MacBook Pro - it wouldn't be unusual to pull files from the LAN that are 100's of MB in size. But you're not going to do that on a Chromeboook.
- jlgreco 13y agoGoogle throws in 3 free years of 1TB storage on Google Drive with every Chromebook Pixel. There must be a reason they think people need that much online storage.
- lreeves 13y agoCalling a MacBook Pro Retina useless without wifi is a little harsh, the Thunderbolt and USB ethernet adapters work perfectly (as well as the ethernet ports in the Apple displays).