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    Pre-N .... in a year or so

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Askarii, Jul 9, 2007.

  1. Askarii

    Askarii Notebook Consultant

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    I'm on the verge of buying my new notebook (D630) and I find myself puzzled when it comes to choosing my wireless card. I know I will use wireless 'G' for the next couple of years, but once 'N' comes out, I will most-likely turn to that.

    Now my question is:

    Will this card:
    Intel® 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card

    Fully work with the final wireless 'N' technology? once it comes out that is.
     
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  2. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    Intel has said that Wireless N final will be backwards compatible with Draft N.
     
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  3. calaveras

    calaveras Notebook Consultant

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    While it is presumptive of Intel to say their draft n or any draft n card will work with the final version, there is a long legacy of networking standards being enacted after the fact. This is the case with a lot of the routing standards, gigabit and teh whole autodetect mdi mdx thing.
     
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  4. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Intel and a few companies will try to push their Draft N through to make it final. No guarantee it will work but Intel does have a lot of power and with the Centrino Draft N it will have the best selling Draft N card for sure. Is it sure yet if 802.11n will run at 2,4 or 5Ghz? If they change that then all the hardware antenna with the wrong frequency will needed to be changed I think.
     
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  5. calaveras

    calaveras Notebook Consultant

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    yeah, well like it or not, intel is the 800lb gorrila in the room. They have a long history in this arena going back to the original spec for ethernet which was a joint effort between DEC, Xerox and Intel. who is still around 30 years later? Intel. Who makes the chips that go in most of the notebooks? Intel.
    Heck if Intel comes out with Draft L next month, draft n is dead.
     
    calaveras, Jul 10, 2007
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