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Re:2015 Chromebook Pixel by cesarb on Thursday March 12, 2015 @12:48PM (#9192011)
> Unfortunately, if you want a slim laptop Ethernet will have to go

Am I the only one who still remembers PCMCIA cards (thinner than most slim laptops) with Ethernet ports?

Here, an example from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XJACK_network_card_extend...

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Re:2015 Chromebook Pixel by 4ad on Thursday March 12, 2015 @05:38PM (#9194105)
You have to plug the non-part-of-the-laptop PCMCIA card, just like you have to plug the non-part-of-the-laptop USB adapter. Not much big of a difference.
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Re:2015 Chromebook Pixel by tjoff on Friday March 13, 2015 @02:21PM (#9198860)
The difference is that the PCMCIA card doesn't extrude from the laptop. That thing is awesome, never seen one.

I've only seen those that have either a large RJ45 connector extruding from the card, like: http://www.automation-drive.com/EX/05-13-21/a88fa.jpg

Or where you'd needed an adapter dongle that connected to the PCMCIA card.

I know there was a laptop or at least a concept of it with something similar to the (parent) XJACK connector, but have never seen it in real life. Would love to see them in ultrabooks.

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