• Optional@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “Make do” with ethernet? Charlie Brown, ethernet is the superior networking interface. People “make do” with wifi.

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        7 months ago

        I can tell that you’re being sarcastic. But if I’m playing ranked match on my phone, it’s always with an Ethernet dongle. Way more reliable and definitely lower latency.

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          7 months ago

          People actually play competitive games in their phone? I thought that was just marketing spin so apple didn’t have to put graphics cards in their macs

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      7 months ago

      It’s absolutely making do. Having to plug an Ethernet cable in every time you take your laptop to someone else’s office, break room or conference room simply doesn’t work. Offices aren’t designed for it.

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            7 months ago

            You do know that most places use docking stations that connect laptops to multiple screens and… you guessed it… ethernet.

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              My last job was with a Fortune 100 technical company in a sales position. No one used a docking station and no one bothered with an Ethernet cable. Neither did any of the customers we dealt with. People with desktop computers were wired up but most everyone else used wifi all the time.

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              7 months ago

              Not my last job with a Fortune 100 company. Nearly all of us used wifi all the time. Our engineering and software development groups did use desktop computers with Gig E though.

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        7 months ago

        Conference rooms, yes. Break rokms, yes. Offices? No. Use a docking station? Are you working solely from your laptop screen or do you dock and use monitors mouse and keyboard? Generally, there’s ethernet attached, too.

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          7 months ago

          Moan and groan all you like, it doesn’t change the fact that wireless is almost always an option and wired is almost never an option.

          Even desktop PCs come with wifi adapters. Finding a laptop with an Ethernet port is damn near impossible.

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            7 months ago

            Don’t most of (maybe all) dell and lenovo laptops come with ethernet ports by default ?
            And nowadays, with thunderbolt docking stations, you have more or less every connection available anyway.

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          7 months ago

          Can’t realistically plug your phone into the wall every time you want to use the internet

          The whole point of a mobile phone is that it’s mobile

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          7 months ago

          Wireless is always better than no connection at all if you need a connection and you’re not wired.

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      7 months ago

      Yes, but tell that again when you and 19 other people bring your laptop to a conference room and try to login on the network at the same time.

      Different things have different strengths, and losing one of those things means your experience will be subpar.