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Which ethernet dongle for Mac
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Post 1 made on Thursday December 6, 2018 at 17:49
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I am looking into buy a new macbook before the end of the year. The only thing holding me back is the lack of ethernet. I have bought three macbook pros for my guys and the ethernet adaptors are flaky. We have used the Apple, Belkin and a generic one. With Ruckus, Total COntrol, MX Home, and Sonos, there really is no need for ethernet. I still use ethernet when trouble shooting and when setting up Tik routers.

What are you guys using that is reliable?

Apple's response was that we need to move forward and start using devices with USB-C....freaking idiots don't even understand what I am talking about.
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Post 2 made on Thursday December 6, 2018 at 19:16
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I use one from Mokin, their model # A1508.  It is a USB-C dongle with a gigabit ethernet jack and three USB 3.1 jacks.  It has been flawless.
Post 3 made on Thursday December 6, 2018 at 19:28
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On December 6, 2018 at 17:49, vwpower44 said...
Apple's response was that we need to move forward and start using devices with USB-C....freaking idiots don't even understand what I am talking about.

Maybe they didn't know what you were talking about, but:

USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 support:

Gigabit Ethernet
VGA
DVI
USB 3.1
HDMI
1/8" Headphone Jacks
SD Cards
Mini-Display Port
Analog Audio
Digital Audio
... and Helium (for blowing up balloons)

I would highly recommend the OWC USB-C Dock or better yet (faster) the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock.

[Link: owcdigital.com]
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Post 4 made on Thursday December 6, 2018 at 20:03
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My Lenovo T430 has been through the ringer. Fallen off ladders, wet, stepped on you name it. It’s never let me down in the 6ish years I’ve owned it. My Ethernet port finally bit the dust and it’s more then paid for it’s self. A fellow RCer was telling me today that they have a good deal going, so I think I’m going to order a new one.

For what we do I’ll never understand spending 1500-3000 on a laptop. It’s insane given the environments we work in. On the other hand, a RJ45 Jack is imperative to me. I don’t want to carry around a dongle and be on the 3rd floor and it be down in the work bag. I think you guys probably don’t realize how much we actually use one.
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OP | Post 5 made on Friday December 7, 2018 at 08:41
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My macbook pro has also been through the ringer. It's a 2012 and it has been hit by a car, spilt coffee on, dropped etc and keeps going. It works great, but I would like to get a little better performance.
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Post 6 made on Friday December 7, 2018 at 11:08
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For what we do I’ll never understand spending 1500-3000 on a laptop. It’s insane given the environments we work in. On the other hand, a RJ45 Jack is imperative to me. I don’t want to carry around a dongle and be on the 3rd floor and it be down in the work bag. I think you guys probably don’t realize how much we actually use one.

Before I moved to Mac, I was buying $500 ish laptops every 3-4 years and having to "refresh" them at least once a year. I bought my current Mac Book Pro in 2011 and it still works great to this day. It is definitely worth investing if it will last. Your laptop is a tool. How many times do you replace your drill?
Post 7 made on Friday December 7, 2018 at 17:16
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On December 7, 2018 at 11:08, joelusi said...
Your laptop is a tool. How many times do you replace your drill?

I totally agree.

Just be thankful that our drill motors don't constantly get updates which then accidentally render a feature useless. "I upgraded to Dewalt v11.9 and not it won't run in reverse! They won't admit there's a problem so no fix in sight"
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Post 8 made on Friday December 7, 2018 at 17:59
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On December 7, 2018 at 11:08, joelusi said...
Before I moved to Mac, I was buying $500 ish laptops every 3-4 years and having to "refresh" them at least once a year. I bought my current Mac Book Pro in 2011 and it still works great to this day. It is definitely worth investing if it will last. Your laptop is a tool. How many times do you replace your drill?

I’m not talking about $500 laptop. But I’m also not talking about a 2000-3500 laptop. $1000-1250 is more then sufficient for what we do. We don’t need a performance:graphic oriented system.

I7 with 16gigs of ram is more then fine. My 6 year old t430 is fine except for the network port, and it’s starting to get a bit slow. But that’s just planned obsolescence..

I don’t replace drills, I buy Festool 😁
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Post 9 made on Saturday December 8, 2018 at 10:46
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On December 7, 2018 at 17:59, 3PedalMINI said...
I don’t replace drills, I buy Festool 😁

Then we are the same. We are spending more money on a "better" product
Post 10 made on Sunday December 9, 2018 at 13:33
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With my MBP I used the official apple dongle when running VMware. When I finally moved to boot camp the apple dongle wouldn't work so I bought a startech. I carry both because i cant get either one to work on/under the other OS.

I have a 2013 MBP that just won't die. Had an under warranty major repair about a year ago. Main board went so they replaced that and the battery and HD while under the hood. I think it was $3500. Previous laptop was a Lenovo that was apx $4500. Both were totally maxed out top of the line.

I got 5 years out of the Lenovo. During those 5 years I did an SSD replacement for the original HD. That Lenovo never felt slow or sluggish. The only reason I stopped using it was that I was on Long island and the motherboard died. I had to do a bunch of UI work so I had to buy a new computer immediately. I thought about buying a cheap temp laptop and getting the Lenovo fixed but that seemed like a waste of money so I bought the MBP at the Apple store nearby.

The MBP was slow at first (compared to the Lenovo but still faster than cheap laptops)until I installed Windows with boot camp. Since then it has been stable and fast.

Using these maxed out laptops in the field changes your life. It's like having a propper vehicle or termination and testing gear. If you don't do a lot of laptop work then anything will probably work fine. If you spend 4 out of 8 hours + every day on your PC then it's worth the $50-75 a month it costs to have desktop/gaming PC power that fits in your backpack.

It really depends on what your role is. I don't have festool organizers because I don't do the in and out hang and bang stuff. I usually drop equipment off at a project and leave it on site for weeks or months or I just grab my tiny parts bag for service calls. I do however have an expensive powerful laptop because it's common for me to be running multiple demanding applications while sitting in a customer's basement.
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