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I dont think so, if you need ethernet connection you need to buy an external lan/wifi card, spend at least a couple of bucks (3$ if you are lucky?)), lose one usb port (or use an usb hub), hope it will work in your OS, just to save some bucks (10-3 = 7$). For me, no way

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However WLAN beats LAN, especially if I chose to build a small case and use this as a HTPC that I can use to watch.

is the wifi powerful enough for full HD streaming? I think the typical sub-10$ chinese WLAN card is just b/g

Eh, you seem to be able to get dirt-cheap USB b/g/n adapters too these days, though they're presumably 2.4 GHz only and who knows what the ARM Linux support is like for them.

Different people have different use cases. Apparently yours fits the Model B better.

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