Framework Laptop 2.5Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card

Re:Framework Laptop 2.5Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card by mox1 on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:13PM (#32815319)

And 5 years from now when USB-C 11.6rev5 (with a new 100pin physical connector) is commonplace for our 8k Displays, framework laptop owners can spend $40 to buy a new "dongle". The Lenovo owners will be buying a new laptop (or a Dongle / dock. something that physically hangs off the laptop).

Repeat this process as every external connector changes physical layout, non backwards compatible change, etc.

There is no perfectly forward and backward compatible laptop port layout. Lenovo does it one way (which some people like). Framework has gone a different direction (which a lot of other people seem to like).

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Re:Framework Laptop 2.5Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card by bryanlarsen on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:31PM (#32815590)

Framework dongles are just a fancy form factor for USB4/TB4. Lenovo and Framework will have exactly the same support for USB11.6.

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Re:Framework Laptop 2.5Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card by humanistbot on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:24PM (#32815478)

I can see the point of one, maybe two expansion slots. But not the way they did it with four and only four ports.

Edit: Also, this ethernet expansion card this thread is about also physically hangs off the laptop.

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