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11-27-2008, 09:12 PM
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Laptop and wireless network help please
Thinking about adding a laptop 'puter to my home network and upgrading to wireless.
Anyone want to shed some light on whats hot and whats not out there right now? 
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11-27-2008, 09:26 PM
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Just bought an Acer from Memory Express. Paid $1250.00. Seems pretty good and I like it.
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11-27-2008, 09:28 PM
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Also bought a D Link wireless router at Memory Express. Seems to work well too. Added a wireless USB to the old computer and all is working well.
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11-27-2008, 10:12 PM
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Pretty much hard to go wrong with anything available at the moment.
Something like this: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...21221(ME).aspx and any new laptop are going to play nice with each other. Even a $500 laptop by now should have wifi on it. I doubt anything new will not have this option, but just check what 802.11 level they have. 802.11g is faster than 802.11b and 802.11n is even faster but just be wary that the 802.11n standard is still in draft form (last time I checked anyhow) and may in fact still change (although I doubt it). Which just means if it DOES change any device that claims "802.11n compliant" may need a firmware update down the road (not really a big deal though). More reading on the standards here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 For security there's WEP, and WPA and WPA2. WEP encryption was cracked eons ago so don't bother but WPA2 should still be OK I think. Unless you're OK with giving your neighbours free internet access (although there are incidents of creeps though who drive around looking for unsecured wifi points to download kiddie porn and so on so it just makes sense to lock your network down anyhow). Basically you just get a network access key password generated and you have to enter it anytime you have a new device you want to connect to your network. No biggie. Fun stuff though, you'll love having wifi in your house. 
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11-27-2008, 10:45 PM
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http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...15586(ME).aspx Is one better than the other? (Performance, Customer Support, etc.) Lots of newer laptops are now also coming with wireless N built-in. I don't know anything about brands though. Any I should steer away from based on personal experiences? Last edited by muck; 11-27-2008 at 10:57 PM.
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02-28-2009, 05:14 PM
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11-28-2008, 03:23 PM
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I say get this
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...15586(ME).aspx Quote:
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11-28-2008, 04:05 PM
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I got my wife a mac bookpro last year for her work and using boot camp was able to run Windows on a mac as well. You get the best of both worlds that way. Only problemn is you cannot upgrade XP to service pack 3 if you go this root. I believe you can still buy a copy of XP from memory express as an OEM version as long as you buy some sort of component, such as some cables, if you don't want Vista.
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