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laptops without an rj-45 ethernet connector are just dumb.

it's perfectly feasible to integrate one.

just look a the dell latitude 7390. really, look at it:

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eB6gGRDZWSYT4XW6SeSMtf-120...



That's just a place to gather junk. People rarely use rj-45 these days, that's why it's not present on most laptops.


If by people you mean consumers, then yes, if you mean corporate/tech workers, then no.


I mean all people. When you work on the laptop you probably connect more things than a network => you have a dock => you don't need the rj45. So there might be negligible amount of corporate workers that need it, and some portion of tech workers, maybe. But overall, out of all customers, it's not enough for the hassle. Especially since it has drawbacks for the rest of the customers.


I don't think we even have a cable with RJ45 in the office I work in. Everyone's on Wi-Fi. All developers. Just saying.


In our case it's the opposite. Whole company is wired. No WiFi.


In our case it's the opposite. Whole company is WiFi. No wired.


we have it mixed: both wifi and wired are there. pick what's best for you.




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