Dell Laptop

max bianco maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Sat May 10 17:33:18 UTC 2008


On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Jon Stanley <jonstanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p4_Dell-Inspiron-1526-Notebook-PC
>> %27s_220198_Business_Supplies_1_10051_FEATURED:SC3:CG71:DP4118
>
> Not 100% the right place to talk about this, but looking there, I
> noticed that it had the "Dell Wireless" (read: Broadcom) wifi chipset.
>  This will likely give you no end of trouble from what I've seen (note
> that I have no personal experience, just horror stories that I've
> heard).  If you go with something with an Intel chipset, it should
> Just Work(TM).
>
Yes, Dell seems to include the broadcom chipset by default with many
of its offerings. I specifically requested the intel wireless and
haven't had any trouble out of it. Definitely go Intel wireless over
Broadcom. Just my 2 cents.

Max




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