I understand what you're saying, if you don't need this speed and you already have the pretty white adapter, cool for you. Apple will probably ensure drivers for this devices are included when/if their API for NIC drivers changes, so you'll likely not have to find the drivers yourself.
But... this is only likely to happen with a major OS revision i.e. Leopoard to Snow Leopard or Snow Leopard to Lion, when such OS-level API's often change.
A system-level NIC driver like this is going to be written to a published spec/API, and if a vendor follows that spec, they'll be fine until the spec changes, which is almost NEVER on a minor OS update.
If/when this happens, ASIX will indeed need to update their driver and you will indeed need to get that driver from them and install it.
This is not hard, especially if you can find a forum with helpful users who have done it and can offer help to those who have not.
Of course, for anyone whom the pretty white adapter is fast enough for you and the thought of downloading and installing a new adapter is just too much -good for you, you don't have to hassle with it or help someone else figure it out.
But... this is only likely to happen with a major OS revision i.e. Leopoard to Snow Leopard or Snow Leopard to Lion, when such OS-level API's often change.
A system-level NIC driver like this is going to be written to a published spec/API, and if a vendor follows that spec, they'll be fine until the spec changes, which is almost NEVER on a minor OS update.
If/when this happens, ASIX will indeed need to update their driver and you will indeed need to get that driver from them and install it.
This is not hard, especially if you can find a forum with helpful users who have done it and can offer help to those who have not.
Of course, for anyone whom the pretty white adapter is fast enough for you and the thought of downloading and installing a new adapter is just too much -good for you, you don't have to hassle with it or help someone else figure it out.
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