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Is Gigabit really necessary?

post #1 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:19pm
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I was just wondering if getting a laptop with Gigabit LAN as opposed to Ethernet LAN is really worth it? Right now I'm looking at the Compal CL56, which doesn't have Gigabit, will I even be able to utilize this?

Any input would be great.
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post #2 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:25pm
unless you have a gigabit router and are connected to other computers that also have gigabit ethernet, it's not much use.
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post #3 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:44pm
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but is this something that will become the standard in the near future (1-2 years ?)
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post #4 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:46pm
I highly doubt it. It's been out for a while, and hasn't gotten much use. My guess is it will go the way of the laserdisc until quite some time down the road, when something better comes along and catches on more.
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post #5 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:51pm
http://www.internet2.edu/
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post #6 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:56pm
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Originally Posted by mich43L
interesting, but what does this have to do with gigabit ethernet?
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post #7 of 18
5/8/05 at 11:57pm
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what should i be looking for on that site?
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post #8 of 18
5/9/05 at 12:00am
Internet 2 is useless until you can rig many campuses together that fast... and frag endlessly.
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post #9 of 18
5/9/05 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by EvulReplika
I was just wondering if getting a laptop with Gigabit LAN as opposed to Ethernet LAN is really worth it? Right now I'm looking at the Compal CL56, which doesn't have Gigabit, will I even be able to utilize this?

Any input would be great.
What do you use your computer to do? Gigabit ethernet won't make a difference as far as how fast web pages download, or how "snappy" online games feel. The bottleneck in those cases is not your computer's connection.

If you frequently use your computer to move large files over your LAN--and your network lets you connect at GBps speeds--then it's nice to have.
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post #10 of 18
5/9/05 at 2:56am
I really like being at Case where every builiding is connected via fiber gigabit lines; downloading movies at 30megs/sec and pinging under 30 at most midwest and northeast servers rocks balls.
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post #11 of 18
5/9/05 at 9:59am
Gigabit ethernet is a nice-to-have, but not practical. It's cheap to build, is backwards compatible with 10/100Mbps, and makes a nice advertising point. Those are the reasons it is on notebooks. The only environment where it is actually needed is server rooms.

DJEmbe_Rob is probably right... Gigabit will stay around and not be used very much until it gets replaced by something better... probably faster wireless technology.
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post #12 of 18
5/9/05 at 11:09am
Do any desktop video? Have a shared network server at home where you want to store this video? Don't want to wait 35 minutes for your machine to copy 5GB of data? Gigabit is for you.

Backup over the network to a shared 300GB Firewire drive? Gigabit is for you.

Play video games and download massive amounts of pirated movies and music off the internet? You don't need it.
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post #13 of 18
5/9/05 at 11:52am
I don't think your hardisk can follow that high speed.
Just a waste.
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post #14 of 18
5/9/05 at 12:16pm
I have a DLINK Gaming router w/108mbWireless its a gig router, and i love the speed difference, send gigs to multiple computers effortlessly.
10mb translates to 1mbs transfer rate... 100mb is 10mbs and 1gb is 100mbs
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post #15 of 18
5/9/05 at 12:17pm
But if you dont have multiple computers and not sending gigs of data 100mb would be fine
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post #16 of 18
5/9/05 at 9:35pm
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Originally Posted by nirvana0001
I don't think your hardisk can follow that high speed.
Just a waste.
While this is true, modern hard drives CAN outrun a Fast Ethernet connection. A good 7200 RPM SATA drive can write-out at over 20 MBPS sustained and read upwards of 40 MBPS. A 100 Mb network connection can only theoretically transfer 12.5 MBPS, and that doesn't take into account the protocol overhead.

That doesn't mean everyone will see a benefit from Gb ethernet. But for some of us, the extra bandwidth is a huge benefit.
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post #17 of 18
5/9/05 at 9:56pm
aye that it is mate
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post #18 of 18
5/10/05 at 1:23am
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Originally Posted by Djembe_Rob
I highly doubt it. It's been out for a while, and hasn't gotten much use. My guess is it will go the way of the laserdisc until quite some time down the road, when something better comes along and catches on more.
I fully disagree. The opposite is true, it is slowly seeping into the mainstream until it will be the predominant solution.

More and more motherboards and notebooks are coming with onboard gigabit, meaning every day more and more people have gigabit NICs. The price on gigabit switches has also fallen dramatically. Gigabit is slowly taking over.
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