Back in August, Tennesse had a sales tax free weekend so I bought me a new desktop, and I gave my old desktop to my sister. To connect to the net, she needs a wireless adapter which I planning on getting her for Christmas. So, which is better a PCI adapter or an USB adapter?
PCI is typically faster than USB, iirc. Don't know how much this affects anything but yeah.
Oh but you get those neat little antennas with the usb one's!
~Rico
USB:
Very portable: just install software and you are ready to go
Speed: not as fast as PCI
Verdict: consider as an inexpensive alternative. Also consider this if you have a laptop (or you consider to get one).
PCI
Speed: faster than USB
Portability: you actually have to insert the card into the computer into an empty PCI slot.
Verdict: if you got the moolah, go for it.
USB:
Verdict: consider as an inexpensive alternative. Also consider this if you have a laptop (or you consider to get one).
Really, at my local Wal-Mart the USB is about as hight as the PCI. As a matter of fact, the cheapest USB adapter is 32 while the cheapest PCI adapter is 36/37 dollars.
I purchased two USB wireless adapters for the price of one PCI adapter.
FYI Dreamer, most non-craptop laptop's already have built-in wireless. In fact I rarely see one come out now without 11n already onboard.
~Rico
Well, I do have a laptop but it's a fairly older model, which was probably made before Wi-Fi became the norm, as it uses Windows 2000.
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Yeah, that it would.
~Rico
FYI Dreamer, most non-craptop laptop's already have built-in wireless. In fact I rarely see one come out now without 11n already onboard.
~Rico
I did forgot to mention that most new laptops have wireless built into them.
