Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it’s been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

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    1 year ago

    Better laptops tend to put the wifi antenna in the display, so it’s far away from the USB ports when in use. Obviously that’s not compatible with ultra thin laptops.

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      1 year ago

      All laptops have their wireless antennas in the lid of the laptops. MacBooks included.

      The amount of RF generated by some devices is insane.

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      1 year ago

      But if the antenna passes the usb port then it doesn’t really matter.

      A friend of mine had a $2500 gaming laptop that couldn’t use WiFi when he used an external display. He ended up having to use two separate dongles, one for DisplayPort and another for Ethernet. It worked, but was pretty dumb. In the end, though, I was happy that at least he was using a wired connection.