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Old October 29, 2010, 07:26 PM
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I have an acer 7720, which only has G built-in.

I was looking on ebay and was tempted to buy a $3 usb wifi N dongle, but then I thought that I should splurge ($10) on an expresscard. Is there a noticeable difference?

here's the change i've seen in signal strength:



wifi in my building :

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Old November 1, 2010, 08:55 PM
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the express card will be more durable, thats for sure.
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