strongest MINI pci-e wireless card??

[dahunan]

For the 1705/9400 Dell

 

[us3rnotfound]

There was this Gigabyte one in hot deals, im searching for it, i'll edit this post once I find it. Supposeldy awesome stuff

EDIT: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=GN-WI01GT

 

[dahunan]

Thank you very much.. I will have to look into this when I wake up tomorrow

 

[lobbyone]

theres also an MSI from newegg.

 

[WackyDan]

The card doesn't do jack for you if the Laptop antenna design sucks to begin with.

 

[corkyg]

Are we talking about the new replacements for PCMCIA in laptops? I.e., Express/34 and Express/54?

If so, there are not many wireless connect cards out there. Most of the folks like Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular are still flogging their PCMCIA cards. Novatel has an Express card on the way - but the field is wide open so far. Wireless card makeers are not keeping up with laptop makers in this area.

"Sprint and Novatel Wireless have announced that they will offer the Merlin EX720 by late February, Sprint's first Rev. A-capable ExpressCard. According to Sprint, it will be available via sales channels and retail stores and will cost $179.99 with two-year subscription. Along with the product announcement, Sprint is also adding several more markets to its Rev. A deployment (Southern Florida, Portland, Ore., and Puerto Rico) and raising its advertised EV-DO network speeds. Rev. A markets are seeing average upload speeds of 350-500 Kbps and download speeds of 600 Kbps - 1.4 Mbps, compared to previously advertised upload speeds of 50-70 Kbps and download speeds of 400-700 Kbps. No word on whether or not these are real-world speeds. Lastly, Sprint has also announced that the EX720, as well as the Novotel U720 and S720, will be able to take advantage of location-based services (LBS) through an upgraded version of the Sprint Connection Manager software"

EX720

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Are we talking about the new replacements for PCMCIA in laptops? I.e., Express/34 and Express/54?

If so, there are not many wireless connect cards out there. Most of the folks like Sprint, Verizon, and Cingular are still flogging their PCMCIA cards. Novatel has an Express card on the way - but the field is wide open so far. Wireless card makeers are not keeping up with laptop makers in this area.

"Sprint and Novatel Wireless have announced that they will offer the Merlin EX720 by late February, Sprint's first Rev. A-capable ExpressCard. According to Sprint, it will be available via sales channels and retail stores and will cost $179.99 with two-year subscription. Along with the product announcement, Sprint is also adding several more markets to its Rev. A deployment (Southern Florida, Portland, Ore., and Puerto Rico) and raising its advertised EV-DO network speeds. Rev. A markets are seeing average upload speeds of 350-500 Kbps and download speeds of 600 Kbps - 1.4 Mbps, compared to previously advertised upload speeds of 50-70 Kbps and download speeds of 400-700 Kbps. No word on whether or not these are real-world speeds. Lastly, Sprint has also announced that the EX720, as well as the Novotel U720 and S720, will be able to take advantage of location-based services (LBS) through an upgraded version of the Sprint Connection Manager software"

EX720

No.... Mini -PCI is an internal card.

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: WackyDan
The card doesn't do jack for you if the Laptop antenna design sucks to begin with.

I think this is a big part of the problem plus the newer pci-e cards might have less power compared to mini-pci cards..

My 9300 has almost twice the antenna strength as my 9400-1705

 

[steelio]

There was one that could hold about 100 pounds. Not sure which one that was. That seems pretty strong to me