Steve Holdoway wrote:
I got an HP Pavilion DV1000 and had endless issues sorting out the wifi.
Given that the wifi is provided 99% of the time by a mini pci card, replacing
it with a supported one isn't really that difficult - well find someone with
good eyesight to plug the aerials back in. Last time I looked ( and this was
quite some time ago ), they were available on Trademe for around $50.
I don't know if my machine has a mini pci socket in it. That's not the
same as PCMCIA is it?
I got a PCMCIA wifi card from CDL last week that had an RT60 chip in it
and was easy to get up and running with Sarge and only cost $40.
The point of the thread was getting a new machine. There would have to
be some compelling reasons to buy an HP that you know to have problems
over something else that is just supported out of the box like IBM.
Cheers Don
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