A reasonably generic SWANN adapter, or Apple’s USB Ethernet Adapter – both were in stock at my local Dick Smith Powerhouse. It didn’t take long to realise that my options were going to be extremely limited and after checking out my nearby computer retailers, I had only two options. Since its ultra-compact form factor makes an internal PCI option impossible, I needed to go looking for an external (USB) option. After flashing the BIOS and jumping through several hoops with no avail, I needed to go looking for another way to get a wired >=100Mbit/s network interface into the machine. Recently, after the onboard NIC died in my Acer Aspire 元600 (which runs Windows 7 圆4, and I use as a dedicated Windows Media Centre). Even their adapters and cables look as if they were pain stakingly and lovingly hand crafted by an eccentric, gay, Swedish man. There is a lot to be said for Apple’s simplicity of design. Listen up, all you Boot Camp’in Mac users … Can’t find Windows drivers for the Apple USB Ethernet adapter? Want to use use the adapter on another Windows machine? Are you crazy? Well, it turns out it CAN be done, with a little bit of trickery.
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