Wireless Adapter for my Laptop

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blhowes

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Someday, when I have some extra money, I'd like to get an adapter for my laptop so I can go wireless. Right now, my brother-in-law who's staying with us has a wireless connection to the router. I'm for the time being connected to the router via a cable.

I went to Radio Shack a while ago and they had an adapter for a laptop for somewhere around $90, if I recall. Is this a good price? What's the cheapest, best adapter to purchase?
 
Originally posted by StaunchPresbyterian
For buying computer hardware, http://www.pricewatch.com/ is always the best place to look -- it searches all sorts of online sellers from which to buy for the lowest price. :up:
Casey,
Thanks. Looks like they beat Radio Shack hands down! I may be able to purchase one sooner than I thought.
Bob
 
Originally posted by srhoades
$90 is an awful price. Is there a PC Club near you? www.pcclub.com

They have an 802.11g wirless usb adapter for around $20. Works great.
Oops. My bad. I don't think their price was quite that high - maybe in the $40 range. I think it was the router I was also looking at that was $90-$100.

No, I checked their site and we don't have a PC club near us.
 
Originally posted by SemperFideles
A couple of recommendations:

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=3339113&search=dwl-g122

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=4826104/search=dwl-g132

I think these small USB adapters are ideal for their flexibility. I have a PCMCIA adapter for one of my notebooks but I have a USB wireless adapter that connects to my TIVO. The nice thing are the USB adapters is that they're really small and they can work on both notebook and desktop computers.
Thanks for the recommendations. I like the idea of using one that connects to the USB port, the same as my memory stick. The prices are good too.:up:
 
Originally posted by blhowes
Originally posted by StaunchPresbyterian
For buying computer hardware, http://www.pricewatch.com/ is always the best place to look -- it searches all sorts of online sellers from which to buy for the lowest price. :up:
Casey,
Thanks. Looks like they beat Radio Shack hands down! I may be able to purchase one sooner than I thought.
Bob
Welcome :D Saving money is always a good deal!
 
for old beater laptops, I would just buy something off ebay -- you can find simple little pc card wireless cards for ten bucks -- I just did a search on ebay using, "wireless card PC card laptop"
 
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