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jarin on July 2, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft – InstaLoad Battery Installation Technol...

Wait, if Apple can make an Ethernet port that works in either normal or crossover mode, why can't Microsoft make a non-fragile battery solution?

astrange on July 2, 2010 [–]

Well, Apple made auto-crossover NICs by buying auto-crossover NICs from Sun. The important part was that nobody else did that.

Seems like you should be able to just handle batteries put in either way, though.

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