topic Re: New Mac book + sim with plan… do I need a dongle? in Sky Mobile

New Mac book + sim with plan… do I need a dongle?

Shaz6804 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:40:12 GMT

I have purchased but not taken delivery of a MacBook plus a 5gb sim plan. Both are heading my way but when I was ordering, it was a three step process. 1. Choose the laptop. 2. Choose the sim plan. 3. Purchase the dongle.

I chose the laptop and the sim plan but the dongle was 'out is stock' but I could still proceed with the purchase. So now I have a laptop.. GREAT! WiFi is pretty much all I will need but I thought the option of cellular access (sim) was a great idea but I have no idea if I can use this without a dongle? Please help!

Re: New Mac book + sim with plan… do I need a dongle?

caesarome — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:22:23 GMT

@Shaz6804

As the macbook doesn't have a inbuilt sim slot you will need a dongle to use with your sim.

Re: New Mac book + sim with plan… do I need a dongle?

63johnw — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:46:20 GMT

Hi @Shaz6804 the laptop will work fine on WiFi and doesn't need the sim to work.

Re: New Mac book + sim with plan… do I need a dongle?

TimmyBGood — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:59:58 GMT

@Shaz6804 wrote:

WiFi is pretty much all I will need but I thought the option of cellular access (sim) was a great idea but I have no idea if I can use this without a dongle?

Yes, by 'tethering' over WiFi to a smartphone which itself has cellular data access.

Why Sky feels the need to promote SIMs with Apple laptops that have no cellular functionality is frankly a mystery.