[aggregator-ios]

For those that read the article and are still confused (as I was) about what Apple hardware would give you the full 10GbE speeds:

- 10GbE Thunderbolt adapter is still the best. Full symmetrical 10GbE on laptops as far back as the 2018 MacBook Pro 13" (Intel) and every laptop since. Including the Airs starting with the M1 chip (Not sure about Neo).

- No Apple hardware supports the 3.2 v2x2 standard (20Gbps) and your connection will be downgraded to 10Gbps on these RTL8159 chips. Because of processing overhead, you will only get 5-7Gbps of total Ethernet throughput.

- Upgraded Mac Mini or Apple Studio base models have builtin 10GbE ports

For now, thunderbolt adapters are still the most reliable 10GbE for Apple laptops.

[wolvoleo]

> 10GbE Thunderbolt adapter is still the best. Full symmetrical 10GbE on laptops as far back as the 2018 MacBook Pro 13" (Intel) and every laptop since. Including the Airs starting with the M1 chip (Not sure about Neo).

The neo doesn't have thunderbolt at all so no, that won't fly.

[bdavbdav]

Luckily I suspect the intersect on the Venn diagram isn’t huge for Neo buyers, and those wanting / needing 10gigE

[aggregator-ios]

Yup.

[AnthonBerg]

Thinking about it, it would be pretty magical. Neo with 10GbE to fast storage and CPU and GPU: Thin client that's pretty damn thick for how thin it is.

[aggregator-ios]

Thank you, I was suspecting the same but was not sure.