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    Vostro Wifi wireless card

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by See-Fu, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. See-Fu

    See-Fu Notebook Guru

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    Is there a difference between these

    ntel® PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Internal Card [add $29]
    Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Internal Card [add $10]
    Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Internal-card [add $79]
    Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Internal-card [add $49]
    Dell Recommended
    Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Card [Included in Price]

    Other than the A/G/N is there a difference?
     
    See-Fu, Mar 26, 2008
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  2. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    The Intels use Intel chips, the Dell Broadcomm if I remember rightly.

    Oh - and if you choose one of the Intel cards you qualify for a free "Centrino" sticker ;)
     
    SteveJonesy, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. See-Fu

    See-Fu Notebook Guru

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    Is there any real world difference in performance/reliability?
     
    See-Fu, Mar 26, 2008
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  4. Dracun

    Dracun Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bump, I was wondering about this too.
     
    Dracun, Mar 29, 2008
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