>>>>Looked it up, and the only drawbacks I see are
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>>>>missing LAN port (I realize that I can hop to that via USB and am partially paranoid not to trust WiFi security)
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>>>I'm not sure if any tablet I've seen to date has a LAN port so it could be a drawback across the tablet world.
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>>But why is a LAN port necessary when you have two different forms of wireless access?
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>>My guess is physical LAN ports and yellow Ethernet cables will seem as quaint as floppy drives before long.
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>You're probably right, but, isn't LAN ports and cables currently capable of way faster speeds than wireless right now?

Sure. It's just that they are encumbering. The physical things we don't like are an empty vessel technology tends to fill.