Re: Dell Wireless 1505 VS Intel PRO/Wireless 4965

world33 <world33.2sbguu@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> hath wroth:

>
>A french website "Les Delliens" has leaked the following information on
>the new *upcoming Dell Laptop line*.
>
>I posted that beautiful forum thread on *Digg it* at 'Digg - Leak on
>the new DELL laptops 1720, 1520 , 1420' (http://tinyurl.com/3chjt2)
>
>'[image: http://digg.com/img/badges/180x35-digg-button.gif]'
>(http://tinyurl.com/3chjt2)
>
>The question is: what Wireless mini card to choose between?
>
>DELL WIRELESS 1505 A/B/G/N MINI-CARD
>*Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 a/b/g/n Mini-Card*
>
>Any suggestion or recommendation?

It's not much of a "leak". It's been all over the internet with even
leaked reviews of laptops. I would this is an "orchestrated" leak.

You can buy the Intel 4965 on eBay for $50 which mentions the various
Dell laptops. For example:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150133214226>
At that price, a fair strategy would be to buy and try both cards.

Intel 4965 stuff:
<http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/wireless_n/overview.htm>

Offhand, not having tried either card, I would tend to favor Intel,
mostly because of the accompanying Proset 11 software, which I find to
be rather useful and "mature" after numerous fixes and updates.

Nice of Dell to use the same 1505 number as one of their former laptop
models. It offers a challenge to Googling. I couldn't find anything
on the new Dell wireless 1505 a/b/g/n card. However, it appears to be
an update of their (Broadcom BCM4311) Dell wireless 1490 card PCIe
card.
<http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=430-1679>
At those prices, you could buy both cards, write a comparison review,
sell it for $50, and recover your investment.

Apparently, someone was able to order a Dell wireless 1505 card for
$45.95. See:
<http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=73455>
ChuckleAnyone want bet they get the wrong card in the mail?

Hint: For MIMO to work, it has to MIMO at both ends. It also has to
be the same MIMO PRE-N standard of the month at both ends. If you
just have an 802.11g wireless router, you'll only get 802.11g
performance.

Apparently, you're not the only one to ask the question. See:
<http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2041429>
So far, Intel is winning.

Hmmm... 3 antennas. Yet another challenge. Someone is sure to ask
what will happen if they retrofit a 3 antenna MIMO card into an older
laptop, which only has two antennas.

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