New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacement design since 2012

Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem... by cptskippy on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @05:02PM (#29019091)

> Combined, there are few reasons to take the expense of putting a high-speed ethernet port on a device. Luckily, the introduction of 2.5GbE and 5GbE has decreased the jump a bit and you see those ports on a few consumer devices now.

I think the only thing driving 2.5/5/10GbE at all is that WiFi Access Points need it.

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Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem... by Sebb767 on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @05:15PM (#29019241)

Compare the cooler for a 2.5GbE card [0] to that of a 10 GbE card. The fact that WiFi (which is what most consumers use) now supports those speeds surely helps, but 2.5GbE is also simply far easier to integrate and power.

[0] https://www.amazon.de/XIAOLO-Netzwerkadapter-Unterstützung-L...

[1] https://www.amazon.de/XG-C100C-Netzwerkkarte-RJ45-Port-802-3...

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Re:New MacBook Pro has first ‘DIY-friendly’ battery replacem... by cptskippy on Thursday October 28, 2021 @07:48PM (#29033551)

I agree that 2.5GbE is easier, and I still think AP backhauls are the primary driver for it. AP makers cannot sell multi-gigabit WiFi APs without a back haul that can support them.

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