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    Why disable 11n?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by kns, Nov 10, 2009.

  1. kns

    kns Notebook Evangelist

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    We know that some thinkpads have agn with 11n disabled, while still having 3 antennas. What I'm curious of is, if it already has 3 antennas, why would they disable the n? How would that benefit the manufacturer? Are they just trying to make more money by enabling the n?
     
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  2. erik

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    only the 4965 came in N-disabled models.

    for the record, this has nothing to do with thinkpads specifically.   the decision was intel's.   there's no way to enable N on the 4965AG models.   intel learned from that lesson and moved on.   now all their cards have N whether you need it or not.
     
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    thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity

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    I still don't understand why they state AGN (n-disabled). Why would they not just label it a AG card? That's like naming a disc drive as "CDRW (RW disabled)". Or "2.2GHz C2D (2GHz max clock)".
     
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    marketing talks.... people buy the n-disabled card thinking it is better than the AG cards.
     
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  5. erik

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    it has nothing to do with marketing or consumers thinking N was bad and needed to be disabled.   intel was asked by a manufacturer to make a card without N to help stretch battery life as much as possible.   after creating the N-dis model during the engineering stage, they then decided to offer the 4965AG_ to everyone as an option.

    like i said, they learned their lesson and moved on.
     
    erik, Nov 10, 2009
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