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I'm about to buy the T410 with the DOORBUSTER2 deal for $944 (regularly $1,685) and under display type, it has options:

14.1 WXGA TFT (1280x800), w/ LED Backlight
[$0.00] 14.1 WXGA TFT (1280x800), w/ LED Backlight (WWAN antenna)

Could anyone tell why one option would make more sense than the other. I've tried doing searches but I'm not really finding anything that explains why one and not the other, or why the more loaded version end wouldn't have it as first option.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

It's the same LCD, it's just that the second option adds an antenna specifically if you want to add WWAN later on. If you never plan to use it, don't order it, although it may be a selling point down the road.

"A WWAN differs from WLAN (wireless local area network) in that it uses mobile telecommunication cellular network technologies such as WIMAX (though it is better applied to WMAN Networks), UMTS, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA2000, GSM, CDPD, Mobitex, HSDPA, HSUPA or 3G to transfer data. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_WAN