decide which service to get the wireless pc card? Any suggestions? Help?!
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Just got a new laptop and can't decide which service to get the wireless pc card? Any suggestions? Help?!
decide which service to get the wireless pc card? Any suggestions? Help?!
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If you just got a new laptop, I'll bet you don't need a wireless card. I've not seen a NEW laptop in a while that didn't have wireless capability already built in. Is it a Windows Vista laptop, by the way?
Oh, and if you're wanting to get one through your phone company.. well, are you sure? >.< It's really expensive when you can just get DSL, hook it up wirelessly in your house, and then any other time just use your laptop where there's a wireless network available. That's what I do.
Oh, and if you're wanting to get one through your phone company.. well, are you sure? >.< It's really expensive when you can just get DSL, hook it up wirelessly in your house, and then any other time just use your laptop where there's a wireless network available. That's what I do.
Here's a very recent graph comparing the networks and their speeds. Check it out. ;]
http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/5122324?zoom=1
http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/5122324?zoom=1
QUOTE(souperstition @ Aug 16 2007, 11:56 PM) 
If you just got a new laptop, I'll bet you don't need a wireless card. I've not seen a NEW laptop in a while that didn't have wireless capability already built in. Is it a Windows Vista laptop, by the way?
Oh, and if you're wanting to get one through your phone company.. well, are you sure? >.< It's really expensive when you can just get DSL, hook it up wirelessly in your house, and then any other time just use your laptop where there's a wireless network available. That's what I do.
Oh, and if you're wanting to get one through your phone company.. well, are you sure? >.< It's really expensive when you can just get DSL, hook it up wirelessly in your house, and then any other time just use your laptop where there's a wireless network available. That's what I do.
yea it does.. its the HP Pavilion dv6000 with the built in webcam and yup it has the switch button for wireless, but.. i dont no how to connect to a network near by. Plus i tried.. and their all password protected.. if i decide to "hop on" to someone's network. Yes, pretty much the laptops are all Windows Vista now, rite? I have Cingular but all I've heard is.. their wireless pc card isnt as a good as sprint or verizon. For my main PC.. I have Comcast
its great.. and we were thinking of just buying a router so we can use the Comcast network.. but then if we're far away from our house.. we wont have service from Comcast. I know what you mean about the whole "wireless network available" but so far.. here at my house.. everyone near by has a password or phrase to get into their network & they only have two bars 
THANKS for the reply btw!
QUOTE(Uronacid @ Aug 17 2007, 03:27 PM)
Here's a very recent graph comparing the networks and their speeds. Check it out. ;]
http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/5122324?zoom=1
http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/5122324?zoom=1
Wow! Thanks Uronacid
that graph was very helpful.. man Sprint is good.. in both upload/download. My cousin has Sprint but my experience with it.. lets say the connection gets cut off a lot? And I would have to reload the connection again. Other than that, Yes the speed/download/upload is great!QUOTE(ThomasC @ Aug 16 2007, 11:58 PM)
What kind of laptop is it? A lot of people I know use verizon, but they have HP and compaq...
All the dells that I've been looking at come with either 802.11 a/b/g ready..
All the dells that I've been looking at come with either 802.11 a/b/g ready..
My laptop is the HP Pavilion dv6000. When you say "A lot of people I know use verizon, but they have HP and Compaq" -- Is there a difference?
I've heard of a/b/g .. but only Dell has it built in?
Thanks for the reply, btw!
QUOTE(Spencer @ Aug 16 2007, 11:45 PM)
Moved to Technology
Thanks! I forgot there was Technology in the Interests forum..
Please use the edit function. No Double/Triple/Quadruple/Quintuple posting please
verizon in my opinion!
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