Help me select a Wireless Network Card?

Question

i need your help, again;

here are my options:
Dell Wireless 1390 Mini Card (802.11b/g, 54Mbps) [Included in Price]

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless [add $10]

Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N [add $20]

+please explain why i should get the one you chose

Answer 1

I would have to say go for the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N card.

I have read nothing about the card, but I do know that 802.11n is the next standard of wireless networking. This will allow you faster transfer rates once the networks become compatible with that standard. Though, it could be a few years.

It's only $20 and it's worth it.

Answer 2

i would go for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945, because it's the best compatible wireless card together with the most used laptop chipset (the i945PM and i945GM), and i'm pretty sure the laptop you're looking at consists of this chipset.

the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N might be the better technology and like already said, it's still a proposed IEEE draft but hardly used nowadays, but it's fully compatible with the 802.11b/g standard.

Answer 3

The wireless G cards have a max range of 300feet, but the wireless N draft can reach 600 feet. The N is not a industry standard yet, because it is still a proposed draft, but it does have an extended range that it can reach.