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but it is a fun comic jab at apple. ::zooms in on ethernet port::

You mean the ethernet port that will break off and the power button that is not recessed so it does not power on in your bag. Great. Who puts a power button on the side of a laptop?

I have a GS63 from MSI which has the power button on the side. It can't be activated while the lid is closed, to prevent just that.

Hopefully these guys have done the same thing...

Yea... I have lenovo laptops that use a similar connector. In the short term they're all right but a failure on there makes the port useless.

> Who puts a power button on the side of a laptop?

Seems to be common on flip-style convertibles, because both tablet and tent configurations make keyboard-face access inconvenient.

Don't all 'ultrabooks' ship without an ethernet port nowadays?

No. Thinkpad X1 Carbon definitely has an ethernet port.

Are you sure? I don't see one http://zdnet1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2016/04/06/bac4d860-2c25-...

> No. Thinkpad X1 Carbon definitely has an ethernet port.

Via an adapter...

Worth mentioning though it's simply a port adapter. Not a USB device or whatever. So it works for things like PXE boot, etc., and has performance identical to regular onboard Ethernet.

I've never been bothered by the adapter. It just sits there attached to the (thin) cable I always carry in my bag anyway.

You are being downvoted, but you are definitely right about the new ones. I'm not sure if they are shipping yet, though.

Details here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x1-ca...

Previous versions did not have one, afaik.

The last several generations of the X1 Carbon have all had Ethernet ports; the adapters are even compatible between the generations.

The Thinkpad T460s I'm using has a real ethernet port. Not sure if the 470 will have one though.

My previous one (Samsung NXPsomething) needed a dongle but it came in the box. My current one (Microsoft Surface Book) doesn't have one on the device itself but there's one on the official dock which is the best place for it anyway.

pile like attack dogs as if I am completely in support of the hardware! Just enjoying the poking fun at 'less for more money' apple... geez :P

Also that stick-out power button is an AWFUL idea now that someone pointed it out.

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