Hard to change wirless card in lpatop to N standard?

Never owned a laptop before

Is it easy to upgrade the built in wireless card?

Say I buy a laptop with G standard and want to go to N
standard?

Easy to do? Or must I buy a whole new laptop?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Never owned a laptop before
>
> Is it easy to upgrade the built in wireless card?
>
> Say I buy a laptop with G standard and want to go to N
> standard?
>
> Easy to do? Or must I buy a whole new laptop?

Depends on whose laptop it is. Most (not all) have a circuit board inside
the laptop with the actual wireless chip on it (seperate from the
motherboard).. Many have the antenna built into the lid, so you can just
have the internal card changed and go...

>
> Say I buy a laptop with G standard and want to go to N
> standard?
>
> Easy to do? Or must I buy a whole new laptop?

I know Dell is proprietory and maybe some other brands

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> Never owned a laptop before
>
> Is it easy to upgrade the built in wireless card?

<snippety>

I've only seen a couple of laptops with built-in wireless. However,
in both cases (Gateway and Dell), the wireless card was installed in a
mini-PCI slot in a bottom compartment. It would be the work of a few
minutes to physically change out the card, and probably ten or so
minutes to install new drivers.

In short: Get a laptop with a Mini-PCI slot and built-in wireless
antenna, and you should not have any problems.

FWIW: I highly recommend Intel's 'Pro' 2200 series for wireless
cards. Outstanding receiver sensitivity, and a great user interface on
the driver. I use one in my Dell, and I couldn't be happier. The thing
even does better than a Senao high-power card, and that's saying a lot.

The only other thing I would add is that the draft 'N' standard has
yet to be approved. I would not even bother with 'N' equipment until the
thing has become an actual standard, and has been on the market for at
least a year.

Happy tweaking.

--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>FWIW: I highly recommend Intel's 'Pro' 2200 series for wireless
>cards. Outstanding receiver sensitivity, and a great user interface on
>the driver. I use one in my Dell, and I couldn't be happier. The thing
>even does better than a Senao high-power card, and that's saying a lot.

So you like the Intel unit better than Dells wireless
card unit that comes standard on all their laptops?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote:

>>FWIW: I highly recommend Intel's 'Pro' 2200 series for wireless
>>cards. Outstanding receiver sensitivity, and a great user interface on
>>the driver. I use one in my Dell, and I couldn't be happier. The thing
>>even does better than a Senao high-power card, and that's saying a lot.

>So you like the Intel unit better than Dells wireless
>card unit that comes standard on all their laptops?

I'm with Anton, Dells cards are less standard and not as well
supported as the Intel cards, IME. Dell usually offers the Intel
cards as an option (I'm seeing them today on their Latitude D510 for
instance), and I always choose them.

William P.N. Smith <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm with Anton, Dells cards are less standard and not as well
>supported as the Intel cards, IME. Dell usually offers the Intel
>cards as an option (I'm seeing them today on their Latitude D510 for
>instance), and I always choose them.

Thanks that's just the info I need!