<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">i love ethernet.<div><br></div><div>as for the mac, my understanding was we can get any mac we'd like if it comes out of our research budget.</div><div><br></div><div>are any of y'all passionately interested in this machine, and if so for any reason in particular?</div><div><br></div><div>after doing everything with an 11 inch air for the past 6 months or so, it's hard for me to imagine wanting to double the weight of carrying a machine around again. the anti-glare displays still seem sweet too.</div><div><br></div><div>anyone?</div><div><br></div><div>mc </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 13 Jun 2012, at 14:31, David Millard wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>You still use ethernet? How quaint!</div><div><br></div><div>Surely the real burning issue is whether the retina pro will be on the isolutions list - try as I might I just can't see this info on the apple website or anywhere in the frenzied media coverage ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>D</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 13 Jun 2012, at 21:36, Steve Harris <<a href="mailto:swh@me.com">swh@me.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div>On 13 Jun 2012, at 19:21, m.c. schraefel wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 13 Jun 2012, at 10:34, Steve Harris wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Or use daisy-chaining on the display - plug the gig ethernet adaptor into the display, and use the displays TB port to connect.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Steve, this is great - and thanks for coming back in</div><div><br></div><div>alas (or not) the TB displays already have giga ethernet. it's a really expensive hub with display attached. so the one display where it would work it seems, it's currently redundant.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Ah, I didn't know that. Useful - almost worth the upgrade to the new display, but I don't need two of the things!</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Doesn't work if your display is DisplayPort though (like mine). Also the fact that the power and TB ports are on opposite side of the Air is a right pain when using them with the old DisplayPort monitors.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>truly.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>100 meg ethernet over USB is probably fast enough anyway, unless you're attaching to an iSCSI device or something.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>good to know - i've always been a bit curious if those speeds actually move through the usb/ethernet adaptor. </div><div>and where does wireless max out usually - i've seen some arguments that on a local network, wireless will be faster than the usb ethernet. not been my experience but doesn't mean it's not possible. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>I'm sure it could happen in some circumstances, but I bet not very often.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>i'm looking forward to experimenting for the heck of it anyway with this dongle.</div><div><br></div><div>it's amazing to look at this for 25 quid when the hubs on the horizon by belkin are going to be 300USD </div><div><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2690454/belkins-thunderbolt-express-dock-will-finally-go-on-sale-this-summer">http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/2690454/belkins-thunderbolt-express-dock-will-finally-go-on-sale-this-summer</a></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Well, that dock does an awful lot more than just gig ethernet. Non-thunderbolt docks are expensive too.</div><div><br></div><div>- Steve</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>On 2012-06-13, at 18:27, m.c. schraefel wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Right </div><div>The computer Has two ports but the dongle does not so those of us with airs have to make that choice</div><div><br></div><div>Sigh<br><br>Sent from my iSomething<div><br></div></div><div><br>On 2012-06-13, at 10:06 AM, Steve Harris <<a href="mailto:swh@me.com">swh@me.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>It has two TB ports.<div><br><div><div>On 2012-06-13, at 17:44, m.c. schraefel wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">ah<div>so one has a choice: high speed internet OR a display?</div><div>dang.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 13 Jun 2012, at 08:27, Chris Andrews wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2012 16:09, m.c. schraefel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mc@ecs.soton.ac.uk" target="_blank">mc@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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