Does titanium lid interfere with WIFI?

[JonathanGennick]

I like my niece's Z61t so much, I might buy one for myself. I'd like to get the titanium lid, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that it interfered somewhat with signals to/from the wireless antennas. Is there any truth to that? Can any owners of a Z61ts with those titanium lids comment? Do you get good wireless connectivity?

[jobooth321]

I have a Z60t with the titanium lid and don't think it affects it at all. I have no problem picking up signals at coffee houses and at my house. The signal strength seems to register at about the same power as with other laptops in the area. It's totally worth the look. Seems to stiffen/strengthen the lid too. I wouldn't have it any other way!

[cj3209]

I use a z61t w/titanium lid myself and I don't notice an issues with wireless connectivity. But I do notice that it's not as strong as my other TP which has the atheros card instead of the intel card.


CJ

[chops_rkp]

I have had no problems with my Z61t, picks up similar signal strength to my mates Dell...

plus it looks much more sophisticated than the plain black block..

[zhenya]

No problems noticed here either. I'll second that the Intel card does not have nearly the range of the Atheros card, regardless of which chassis it is installed in.

[invictus]

I'll also comment that I've had no issues with my titanium lid with my Z60m. This is the first laptop I've owned so I can't really compared it to any others...

[iam8up]

Both my z61m and a friend's Dell something or other have an Intel 3945 ABG wifi card.

His laptop reaches just a little bit farther then mine =( I'm sure it has something to do with the antenna position, but it isn't a big deal in almost any situation - an AP is always close enough when needed.

[Brad]

I really don't think so.

The engineers would have nothing that for a cosmetic feature would reduce performance.

If you have a look at the inside it really is mostly thin plastic which did surprise me.

Lastly the antennas themselves are really not inside the lid but on the outside. If you look closely you will find sectioins with ridges that look like they are part of the lid. They are really the antennas and are separate parts at the end of the antenna cables. You could see this if you took the lid apart.

Brad

[DrThinkpad]

It shouldn't, as they wouldn't improve the case if it would ever affect performances. From experience, my T40 has about 60 centimeters less than my father's R51 (same wireless adapter) and that is probably because of the settings.