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    Upgrading M17x R4 Wireless Card I want to go to AC band

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ss8em, Feb 20, 2014.

  1. ss8em

    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    Is this possible?
     
    ss8em, Feb 20, 2014
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Why do you feel you need an AC band card? Do you have an AC router? Without an AC router, there is no point. And I think the only AC cards out only support Windows 8.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 20, 2014
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    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    I have the apple extreme router with AC
     
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    Alienware-Natalia_J Company Representative

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    The Broadcom 4352 should work, not sure about the OS support though.
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Feb 20, 2014
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    Rayleyne Notebook Consultant

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    the intel Ac 7260 card has full windows 7 vista and 8 support. and is like 40 bucks on ebay.
     
    Rayleyne, Feb 22, 2014
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    paradigm Notebook Deity

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    Interesting thread, myself I was waiting for a 3 band AC card from mebe Qualcomm or intel or as a last resort a broadcom, however I have noticed the apple AC performs very poorly on the m17xr4 with killer wifi n as opposed to the 5th gen AEBS (I know that is rated for n-450, but so is the AC?) have you noticed the same?
     
    paradigm, Feb 22, 2014
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  7. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    I really don't see the point of wireless ac as most internet connections (like 99.99999% of the world's internet connections) will not reach anywhere near these speeds...
     
    TomJGX, Feb 22, 2014
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