<p>802.11 a/b/g?</p>
<p>for computer buying purposes</p>
<p>now if AMD will only hurry up and release their dual-core version of the turion 64 :(</p>
<p>I sure hope that it’s G… but my laptop has all 3 so no big deal.</p>
<p>I’m not waiting for AMD’s chip, I just got the Dell XPS m1710 mmm… dual core but only 32bit. That being said it is drop-in upgradable to merom (Intel’s Dual Core 64bit processor) when it comes out.</p>
<p>That’s pretty amazing. Latops with upgradeable processors are rare indeed</p>
<p>i think it should be b or g since those are the two most common ones in every laptop…</p>
<p>“That’s pretty amazing. Latops with upgradeable processors are rare indeed”
not entirely true. Im in highschool and even I know that. My laptop is an intel 3.8 ghz 2ml2 cache processor , and I ll be able to upgrade it . AMD I am not sure. And true some laptop motherboards (specifially smaller saized laptops) have processors that are unremovable.</p>
<p>well mtf a lot of times in both desktop and laptop worlds a new processor architecture means a new chipset and thus the processor is not upgradeable to the new architecture. of course if you just mean a new higher speed of the same architecture, it is usually upgradeable.</p>
<p>well yes the socket may change between differnt clases (for ex . pentium 3 is unremovable , and you cant put a pentium M into a pentium 4 slot) . But quite often you can remove the processor and put in a faster version of the chip, and in some instances you can put in a differnt chip (my processor uses the same socket as the pentium D so ill be able to put in a fast dual core when they hit 4.4 ghz</p>
<p>Edit: also if i am a complete nerd (as you may be able to tell from above) do you think caltech is a good school choice?</p>
<p>Actually, a lot of laptops are set up such that it is impossible or nearly impossible to swap processors, even if they are technically compatible.</p>
<p>true , but there are always ways to get around those issues.</p>
<p>When I’m reading these 3.8 Ghz, 4.4 Ghz, dual cores… I’m getting sad…
because I’m still running my good ol’ HP omnibook xe4100 with a simple 1.1Ghz Celeron. It works fine, but I’d like more power.</p>
<p>Err… what about that wireless standard? a,b,g?</p>
<p>well i heard rumors of the amd chip coming may 9, or possibly pushed back to june - which is why i’m waiting. and i hear intel has a few tricks up its sleeve scheduled soon. summer should be interesting.</p>
<p>but yeah, still wondering – a/b/g?</p>
<p>omnipotent: g is so common these days, I can’t imagine caltech having anything worse. In any case though, aren’t a very large majority of laptops both b and g compatible?</p>