• QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    There’s a certain vocal tech crowd that is trying to get Apple to put a damn modem in their MacBook Pros, especially since they’ve created their own.

    Yes you can hotspot but that’s just one more thing to have to do. There is zero reason not to offer it as an option at this point.

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      2 months ago

      It is an option. Search for cell phone laptop modem and you will find hundreds of cards to install to give you cell phone service.

      Literally every internet device has a modem. You just change it from one with a wifi antenna to one with a LTE(cellphone) antenna.

      This question was born entirely out of ignorance of the devices existence, not an actual lack of the device existing. I had one in the freaking 90’s.

      Does no one remember tablet pcs, which are just low end laptops without a keyboard, that come pretty standard with cell phone service, including iPads???

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        2 months ago

        I know they exist. I was specifically pointing out that lack of feature in a major computing platform.

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          2 months ago

          And I pointed to the iPads, that are keyboardless laptops, that come standard with one from the exact company you criticized. So I really question what you do know.