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Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG vs 54g Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g

May 30, 2005 4:23PM PDT

Any difference? getting bluetooth with either, so thats another factor. Thanks for response

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The good news?
May 30, 2005 9:22PM PDT

I've used laptops with either and never felt any difference.

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Difference
May 31, 2005 9:11AM PDT

So none at all? Anyone else have an idea?

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Have idea.
May 31, 2005 12:12PM PDT

There was zip difference felt by me.

Bob

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The differences..
May 31, 2005 11:22PM PDT

Long ago in a galaxy far away, there were differences. The 802.11_ standards were new and the various chip manufacturers were sometimes a little off the reservation in their early implementations. Thus it was important to assure compatibility between client and access point by using similar chipsets at both ends, sometimes even to the point of requiring both ends use the same brand and model series. Those days are over now. The chipsets all work fine. If you are choosing between two laptops, one with an Intel and the other with a Broadcom WiFi chip, your decision should be guided by the other features of the machines, not the particular WiFi chip OEM.

dw

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same computer actually, and cards are same price
Jun 1, 2005 6:49AM PDT

well actually its the same laptop, just you can choose either chip for same price. so really, any even minute difference would tip scales

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How about this question.
Jun 1, 2005 7:58AM PDT

Which has Linux support?

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using with windows
Jun 2, 2005 4:13AM PDT

so not sure it would matter

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Someday you'll run linux.
Jun 2, 2005 4:20AM PDT

I'll bide my time...

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now you're asking the right question...
Jun 1, 2005 10:59AM PDT

Every computer I have built in the past 15 years for myself, family, friends, neighbors, or clients has been an AMD CPU. F' those piggy Intel dirtbags, go with the Broadcom. As you can surely see, that is my purely personal reason that has absolutely no technical basis. But this is a technical forum, hence my earlier answers to your technical question.

dw