I think it's a USB C and I have nothing else in the world that would fit that particular hole so I'm more than happy to sacrifice it to this nice little shiny black contraption. Instead, it plugs into a slot on the other side of the laptop that I hadn't even realised was there. Not only does it work, but it doesn't take up one of my two very precious standard USB ports. The model was recommended by work IT and they got it just right. So what to do when you've got all the gear but no hole? Buy one of these. My study is a long way from the Wi-fi router so I have a good old fashioned LAN cable running through the attic and into the room. I live in the countryside where broadband is never going to get compared to Usain Bolt and in a house with 2-foot thick stone walls. The slimmer the laptop, the less likely they've bothered to put a hole for your LAN cable, because these days everybody's happy with WIFI so they don't need cables - or do they? In the midst of the massive broadband-sucking 'work from home' caused by Covid-19 (or more likely due to the millions watching Netflix at home) broadband service seems to limp and fall over after lunch. ![]() My husband's Chromebook doesn't have one either. That seems to be becoming a bit of a 'thing'. ![]() ![]() My new work laptop doesn't have a LAN slot.
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