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T61 Wireless card
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:41 am
by packman
Please help I have ordered a T61 with ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter, should I change it to
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN, which.
Thank you,
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:44 am
by musicman476
Nope! The general conensus around here is that the Thinkpad cards (Atheros) perform better than the Intel cards. The tradeoff, however, is that apparently the TP cards use more power. A quick search will find several posts on the issue.
DT
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:05 pm
by Dead1nside
Why is the Intel 4965AGN more expensive then?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:01 pm
by poky
Dead1nside wrote:Why is the Intel 4965AGN more expensive then?
B/C it comes with a Centrino sticker
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:36 pm
by SkiBunny
you should probably change it to thinkpad abg and drop the draft n... the final specs are changing and the "draft n" function will likely be incompatible. So save some money and heat. This was a case of the notebook manufacturers pushing for premature release so they could try to hype sales.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:58 pm
by Tholek
SkiBunny wrote:you should probably change it to thinkpad abg and drop the draft n... the final specs are changing and the "draft n" function will likely be incompatible. So save some money and heat. This was a case of the notebook manufacturers pushing for premature release so they could try to hype sales.
I wouldn't say "likely". They may yet be compatible, but there's no way to know for sure. I'd say get it. It can't hurt.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:30 pm
by sb37
in fact, draft 2.0 n cards like the intel found with the 965 chipset are guaranteed to work with the final standard. that's part of the draft specs.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:50 pm
by SkiBunny
Hmm well not according to the internal-use only memo about this matter at IBM, which is involved in ratifying the standard
History suggests differently
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:34 pm
by Tholek
There is a thread in the Lenovo NBR forum that I posted in that has a link to an article stating that 2.0 certified products should be final N compatible. I haven't seen wide supporting evidence this is true, but the Intel card IS in the list of products submitted for 2.0 certification. That doesn't mean the Atheros won't get officially certified though, and even if both are, that still might not be a guarantee of final spec compliancy.
I think the Atheros will probably make it, but that's just my opinion.