Lenovo S10 Faster Wifi than an Asus EEE PC 1000H?

Hey everyone.

So I've been anxiously awaiting the release of the Lenovo S10 Ideapad. I'm going to hold off my purchase until a 6 cell battery version is released. But in the meantime I have been annoyed with the fact that the Lenovo is only a using a b/g network card. I have an N draft router in my home, I want those N speeds, etc.

However, in Laptopmag's review, they wrote the following:

The S10’s 802.11b/g Wi-Fi card had the fastest transfer rates we’ve yet seen from a netbook, delivering a whopping 19.9 Mbps and 19.1 Mbps from 15 and 50 feet, respectively. This blew away the MSI Wind (14.5/7.7 Mbps) and even the 802.11n-equipped ASUS Eee PC 1000H (10.4/6.1 Mbps). The only system with similar numbers was the Acer Aspire one (20.6/17.1 Mbps). In other words, you should be able to move a good distance away from your router at home or from hotspots and still expect good connectivity.

I'm confused. Shouldn't the Asus Eee PC 1000H have the longest and fastest range due to it's n card? I don't want to get this Asus because it's a bit bigger than the Lenovo, but the lack of a n card in the S10 bugs me, but not to the point where I'd pass up getting one.

I'm just confused by what Laptopmag is writing here.

 

Do you need N? If all you're doing is connecting to the internet, you likely don't.

 

I believe I do. I'll be downloading music and movies online at times via bit torrents.

 

How fast is your connection exactly? If you're not getting more than 1 MB/s, then there's no point in comparing their peak speeds. Those peak speeds are more for intranet connections, which are extremely fast. This is like transfers from your laptop to your desktop in your house.

Of course, I could be wrong... you might have one of those super fast connections :-D ... if so, I envy you

 

You can only download as fast as your internet connection, which I believe would be slower than B.

 

I am using a Comcast cable internet connection with a D Link N router. I think to put it simply, I'd be getting "n" speeds with a n network card vs. a g card.

 

Is the conversion from mbps to mb/s by a factor of 8? If so, I'd REALLY surprised if you can pull off downloading at over 6.5 mb/s with a Comcast connection.

 

I looked on Comcast's site and it says that they offer 8Mbps connections... that means, 1MB/s. Of course, that would be under perfect conditions (I rarely, if ever, get the full extent of my connection).

so.... I guess it's up to you. It would limit you minimally.... IMO, it shouldn't even be a consideration (it's better to look at the other parts of the laptop and compare them) ... but if it's that important to you, then ignore my comments

 

My thinking is that I'll get much faster downloads with an "n" enabled netbook vs. the S10 due to my N router. The range would be greater too, but more importantly, I can download torrents much quicker.

 

Why do you use such small laptop to bit the torrent.

I would like to have N to use with N router too. In fact, if you just download the torrent with your Internet connection speed, it wouldn't go faster than B/G.

 

because my main laptop uses a g network card. hence i can't get the n speeds i desire, and i'm in the market for a netbook. but don't want the asus 1000h because it's ugly and big, even though it's n enabled.

 

I am just not seeing cable internet being bottle necked by a G network. For intra-network stuff sure, for longer range sure, but I am just not seeing faster torrents.

On a side note these things would make great torrent boxes. Energy efficienct and quiet. Perfect to leave running 24/7 sucking down torrents. The display makes it much more convenient than having a second box over KVM or a second monitor.

 

my thinking really comes from wanting to download movies on the s10 and use it as a portable dvd player, if you will, during travel.

 

The N speeds will NOT help with internet connectivity with Comcast. It MAY help if and only if you have FiOS, a T3, or similar connection. The only reason to go for an N router and/or card is if you are going to be transferring files between computers on your LOCAL network. I only have a 802.11b router at home and it is plenty fast to share my DSL connection. However I use 100 mbps lan for all of my desktops/PS3 because I share files/printers and do media streaming from my desktop to the PS3.

 

really? wow. here i was thinking an n card combined with an n router meant greater downloading speeds. if this is not true, then i have no reason not to get the s10.

 

Well, that's pretty much what everyone has been telling you the whole day... it's not something you should consider in your laptop purchase. Just get a notebook with a g card, and you should be good.

It's more important to look at more aspects of the netbook... battery life, for instance. What good will downloading your movies do if you can only watch half of one on a charge?