10/100 vs 10/100/1000

I want to buy the Sony Vaio SR, But it doesn't have 10/100/1000. Is this going to be a problem with network speed? Most laptops i see now have 10/100/1000 but the sony doesnt. I just want to know if a normal home user even uses 1000 and whether it will make a difference not having it.

 

From my understanding the 1000 is for copper and fiber optic ethernet service; which most people don't use in this present time seeing that it is somewhat expensive. You will be fine w/ 10/100 which is the speed in Mbps (Mega Bits per second) of your Internet service. Unless you plan to upgrade your Internet service in the future to copper or fiber you'll be fine w/ the standard 10/100.

 

If you do massive amounts of transferring data within your home network, having the extra speed will be nice. Of course in order to take advantage of it all your network equipment would need to run that speed too (router).

As Makaveli72 said it isn't going to make any difference for your internet speed, just inter-network transfer speed.

 

10/100mbps is plenty of bandwidth. Theres no way your internet connection alone will max out an ethernet ports speed.

A 1000mbps (GigE) connection is very handy for transfering multiple large files. Its really nice to have GigE switch on servers, it really speeds things up.

 

More and more home routers now come with 1000 (Gigabit Ethernet) ports, it's something good to have for transferring large data within your local LAN. For Internet however, especially in NA, it won't be useful, yet. If you're in Asia, in Japan or HK for example, many ISPs do offer 1000 Mbps for home now, it can be very useful for HD media and stuff over the Internet. But of course, the Internet server/site you're connecting to must also able to provide that upload speed to you.

 

1000mbps (Gigabit) is mostly useful for transferring data over a gigabit network. You will need other computers that has gigabit and a gigabit router or switch. I for one do that alot so I need gigabit for my notebooks. However if you dont have the need 100mbps is plenty fast.

 

If you're just working at home, there's almost no chance you have a gigabit network, or even less likely, a gigabit internet connection. It's nothing to worry about, at least for the lifetime of the laptop (unless you live in Japan or Korea).

 

Not anymore, if you look at the newer home routers, many of them come with Gigabit switch, especially with most of the new wireless N routers. Gigabit Ethernet is actually becoming very popular in many countries, especially in the near future.

 

Gigabit will only be useful on your local LAN for transferring large files, which is exactly what I use it for at home.

I have a Gigabit LAN at home with 3 desktop computers, all it takes is ~$40 switch and Gigabit NIC's. Gigabit is becoming standard in most desktops and showing up in alot of routers. All you need is cat5e or better cables. Even the Playstation 3 has a Gigabit NIC built in.

Like everyone said, for your internet connection it will make no difference at all.

 

Well seeing that it has been repeated so much, I think I myself learnt something here...ie: *Gigabit is mostly used for the transfer of Large Files within a LAN*

 

You should be ok.

 

Yes, but it will become a standard soon. More bandwidth, the better.

GigE switches and NIC's support jumbo frames. Now only if the internet could also do that.... life would be sweet.