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???
That’s a fair point, but then I’m just sitting here going “Well don’t but an Apple, duh”. Like you don’t buy a minivan expecting to take it out on the racetrack, so why do so many people insist Apple be what it isn’t?
Apple is like the Nintendo of computers. Are their devices the fastest/top of the line? Not really - at least not at Apples price points. But do they offer a pretty seamless “it just works” performance? Yeah. You buy an Apple if you want that. If you want upgradable hardware or just more customization and features, you… Go elsewhere.
These options for cell and wifi connectivity exist, as you’ve also pointed out. But consumers are overall lazy(yeah, I’ll get yelled at for that, but it’s true - a quick search would have revealed tons of options) and demand solutions just be handed to them. You can’t help those who don’t want to actually learn.
Laptops no longer have extension slots. You used to be able to buy cards for specific purposes and slot them in. Modern laptops have lost this, and most laptops are not self-serviceable, so any cellular modern you get today is going to be an external peripheral.
Where are you finding laptops with integrated cellular chips?
Ye, that’s crap, but seems mostly an Apple issue. If you need a PC with both, you buy a business class machine (which I do anyway, because consumer lines suck).
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.
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.
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???
But that approach you lose wifi.
Though I have 3 laptops with both wifi and cell, 2 old Dells and a newer Lenovo.
I think the complaint here is Apple not even giving the option of both simultaneously.
That’s a fair point, but then I’m just sitting here going “Well don’t but an Apple, duh”. Like you don’t buy a minivan expecting to take it out on the racetrack, so why do so many people insist Apple be what it isn’t?
Apple is like the Nintendo of computers. Are their devices the fastest/top of the line? Not really - at least not at Apples price points. But do they offer a pretty seamless “it just works” performance? Yeah. You buy an Apple if you want that. If you want upgradable hardware or just more customization and features, you… Go elsewhere.
These options for cell and wifi connectivity exist, as you’ve also pointed out. But consumers are overall lazy(yeah, I’ll get yelled at for that, but it’s true - a quick search would have revealed tons of options) and demand solutions just be handed to them. You can’t help those who don’t want to actually learn.
Laptops no longer have extension slots. You used to be able to buy cards for specific purposes and slot them in. Modern laptops have lost this, and most laptops are not self-serviceable, so any cellular modern you get today is going to be an external peripheral.
Where are you finding laptops with integrated cellular chips?
I have 3.
It just has to be chosen as an option at purchase time. Though usually consumer lines don’t have the option.
It’s almost like you’d swap out the WiFi card for a sim/WiFi card… Ffs tech literacy really has died, hasn’t it?
Ye, that’s crap, but seems mostly an Apple issue. If you need a PC with both, you buy a business class machine (which I do anyway, because consumer lines suck).
I know they exist. I was specifically pointing out that lack of feature in a major computing platform.
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.