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2 HN users recommended this between 2021 and 2024, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2021 and 2024, in 2 comments.
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No, there are cheaper options.
A 10 Gb/s Ethernet NIC from ASUS, with the Aquantia controller, is $93 at Amazon.
I use a few of those, bought in 2019, and they work fine.
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-XG-C100C-Network-Adapter-Single/...
$100 for the 10GbE upgrade doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
A PCIe 10GbE NIC using the same Aquantia chipset as existing Macs is $80-$90. https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-XG-C100C-Network-Adapter-Single/...
edit: in fact, compared to Apple's usual price gouging for extra RAM/SSD/etc it is downright reasonable.