Quote Originally Posted by Bohandas View Post
When did Smith have time to do surgery to install a new port? And WHY?
Same implants, new parameters.

Neo could have been given a non-standard port in the clone tanks, but how and why would Bane have one
The One is an anomaly that repeatedly emerges from the system. Yes, the machines may have designed that specific field fetus to become the vessel of that anomaly, but I don't think that's the case. Instead, their problem is that any connected human could become the One. This time around, it ended up being Thomas Anderson, but it could have been anyone else, including Bane.

So all ports get hidden features to drive the One back to the Source.

Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Samurai View Post
I take that to mean that in Neo becoming the One, his consciousness has been altered, but he is still human. After all, he now sees the code of the Matrix and can dodge bullets and hack the Matrix.
No, I think he was referring to the transition that just happened. The one that then let Neo see the yellow code of the Source and stop sentinels.