If the laptop does not come with an inbuilt modem, you could always get a PCMCIA (cardbus) card modem so it is not a major stumbling block, in fact I have all 3 cards for taking with me - the modem, the wired LAN, and wireless) so that wherever I am I can connect in some manner.
On Aug 15, 11:27 am, ya woist night mayor <[email protected]> wrote: > The salesmen at the computer stores I have been going to tell me there > are no more internal modems in laptops. > > they say the only connections available are wireless. Could they be > wrong about this? > > I was quite happy with dialup. > > I am looking at the Asus F8VR > > On Aug 15, 8:38 pm, Anvesh Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You can look for netbooks which are specially made for the net > > browsing on the move and cost very less. Though they don't have very > > advanced hardwares but are best in case you need them only for > > browsing. And as the Kwikone told you types of net connectors most of > > these are bundeled in netbooks > > > On 8/14/09, The KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is a very, very, loaded question since what is best for one > > > person is not what is best for another. It mainly depends upon what > > > you are doing with it when travelling. > > > As for the networking capabilities, I personally prefer having all 3 > > > types available: wireless, wired, and modem (plus also a cellphone > > > networking adaptor such as can be bought from Verizon with some > > > cellphone plans but this I do not have as I do not want to spend all > > > that extra money) > > > > On Aug 13, 9:11 am, ya woist night mayor > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> what laptop is the most flexible for internet connection while > > >> traveling? > > > >> Are there more than one ways to connect to the internet? Internal > > >> modum you plug in at the hotel AND wireless? > > > >> Any others now? > > > >> Should the laptop have them all in case one way is not available? > > > >> suggestions appreciated --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
