One more issue - the II comes in two flavors - optimized for US and
optimized for Europe. That's what the (US) means.
richard wrote:
> The I is an older model than II. The II is produced in China & Taiwan
> and is not an Intel product.. The I is more expensive for some
> reason. Both use an Atheros chip.
>
> Only IBM approved cards work in the X31, unless you hack the CMOS.
> The II a/b/g is only a few dollars more than an approved b/g card. The
> b/g is an Intel card.
>
> None of this has changed since Lenovo bought the business.
>
> Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> richard schreef:
>>
>>> Today's joy:
>>>
>>> Call crew to check shipping. Not shipped because there's a request
>>> for a Saturday delivery. Switch to someone who says DHL doesn't do
>>> Saturday deliveries (so why are they holding up - I didn't even
>>> ask). Then says they're out of stock on the ThinkPad 11a/b/g
>>> Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter II (US),
>>
>>
>>
>> "US" = iNtel (not produced anymore for TP)
>> "Not Us" is a Chinese decision = Cisco,
>>
>> ... or in other words, the Chinese have decided to replace the iNtel
>> by a cheaper Cisco, still at the IBM-iNtel price though. Did anyone
>> say here Chinese don't know anything about kapitalism?? <BG>
>>
>>> so couldn't ship anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>> Which really means they can't acquiere a "type one" anymore.
>>
>>> Glad I called.
>>>
>>> Anyone know if there are any differences between I and II?
>>>
>> Well, you SHOULD know by now: type one is iNtel, type to is a cheaper
>> Cisco, which of course needs total different drivers etc... etc---
>> etc... . Just have a second look at the site you gave yourself.
>>
>> btw: are you aware you can get an 11G (and b-compatible) PCICIA card
>> for around 20 bucks (and even cheaper if not 11-b compatuble)?
>>
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