Jon Baer wrote: > I agree ... I also would not be suprised to see eventually all desktops give > way to laptops as the wireless mobility hype is more extended, and on the > bad side the "this laptop is WiFi enabled" or "this desktop is WiFi enabled" > and the builtin option is going to seem more enticing but Im sure it will be > a closed door for external antennas unless its something that becomes > obiquitous like parallel and serial ports ... > > - - Jon
For a laptop I don't think "built-in" is a bad thing if they do it right. I just bought a couple of Compaq laptops along with their MultiPort modules and they work quite well. Apparenty the manufacturers are building decent antennas into the covers/lcd and the range is quite good, at leats on these. I'd say comparable to the Orinoco USB I was using and far better than the Linksys card and some better than the Orinoco Gold (sans external antenna). -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
