hot take: if your laptop isn't thick enough for an rj45 ethernet port, im not interested

[akana@tech.lgbt]

i say this as someone whos had a 2020 macbook pro for years. i hate my shitty fucking dock. it craps out all the time and overheats and the motherboard has to throttle cause im having so many peripherals hooked up to only 2 thunderbolt ports.

[gen@ck.catwithaclari.net]

@akana@tech.lgbt i've had no issues with just having two UBS-C ports

[niko@gts.niko.lgbt]

@akana yeag i regret getting a framework more and more each day

[pastthepixels@is.potatoe.ca]

@niko @akana real

[pastthepixels@is.potatoe.ca]

@akana i have a laptop that also has a modem port

[akana@tech.lgbt]

@pastthepixels epic

[pastthepixels@is.potatoe.ca]

@akana sadly i can't get it to boot off an install disk, unless it's a CD/DVD i guess. so i'll have to get some dvds and flash a windows 2000 install medium to it

[akana@tech.lgbt]

@pastthepixels i have CD-Rs at home if you need them

[pastthepixels@is.potatoe.ca]

@akana oh sweet!! thankies!!

yeah it's a super old dell latitude and the battery doesn't work but i got a power supply and it technically boots and it has A PENTIUM 4 so i really wanna run windows 2000 (the software it came with) on it and get quake running

[akana@tech.lgbt]

@pastthepixels swag

[anibyl@social.coop]

@akana I found that besides online gaming where lag matters, I don't have a use for an ethernet port in a laptop.

[akana@tech.lgbt]

@Anibyl i always use ethernet at home lol

faster than wifi and also wont interfere with my radios (it drives me nuts)

[anibyl@social.coop]

@niko @akana I thought you can buy an expansion card?

[niko@gts.niko.lgbt]

@Anibyl @akana doesn't make the rest of the machine suck any less

[kuniti_shino@pounced-on.me]

@akana we have a folding rj45 connector on ours where when it's not being used the locking side folds up