Intel Draft N wireless card

chevro1et · Jan 25, 2007

Looking at buying a Dell lappy, have the option of the N Draft card or the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 card. Is it even worth it for the Draft N card? Its only $50 to add, so unless someone has something really negative to say about it, I may just throw it in there...

EDIT: Its actually the Dell Draft N card, not an Intel card. My bad.

jivetrky · Jan 25, 2007

I wouldn't imagine it'll hurt anything. If you can spend the extra cash, then I say why not. If you ever upgrade to an N Router, you'll have a little more speed. (though I'll say I've never been unhappy with my 3945ABG card)

Anjow · Jan 25, 2007

Pre-n gear has been known to cripple or disable nearby b/g networks.

What's more there's no guarantee it will work with the final standard.

Xenocide · Jan 25, 2007

get the 3945 its a great card and if you do want to go N in the future, once it actually comes out, its not like wireless cards are expensive anyways...

chevro1et · Jan 25, 2007

Xenocide said:
get the 3945 its a great card and if you do want to go N in the future, once it actually comes out, its not like wireless cards are expensive anyways...

Yea, good point. I have been doing some reading about the N, sorry for the noobish question, but what is the likelihood that I would actually encounter a node/ hotspot that actually is using N within the next 6 months? From what I have read, the final N standard isn't scheduled until Oct 2008 :shrug:

jivetrky · Jan 25, 2007

chevro1et said:
Yea, good point. I have been doing some reading about the N, sorry for the noobish question, but what is the likelihood that I would actually encounter a node/ hotspot that actually is using N within the next 6 months? From what I have read, the final N standard isn't scheduled until Oct 2008

Doubleful that you will use it, I'd say.

The 3945 ABG that I have is great....maybe a useful upgrade would be the bluetooth combo instead?

Anjow · Jan 25, 2007

chevro1et said:
but what is the likelihood that I would actually encounter a node/ hotspot that actually is using N within the next 6 months?

Very, very unlikely. Any commercial place will want reliability and compatibility. It would only be worth it if you were buying a pre-n access point from the same company (don't know if they're interoperable, since they are somewhat proprietary) and if you had the money to spare to upgrade again once the standard is ratified.

chevro1et · Jan 26, 2007

Thanks a bunch again, guys! :cheers:

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