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Is Your Laptop Or Home Computer Wireless Enabled?
By Kevin Erickson, Mon Jan 2nd
Built in wireless capabilities are becoming almost standardequipment on most laptop and home computers these days for acouple of reasons. One of the primary reasons is cost. Addingwireless capacity is so inexpensive that it would be silly forthe manufacturers not to add it. The perceived value of anymachine with wireless capacity far exceeds the cost to add it.Wireless is the wave of the future, so if the manufacturers wantto stay ahead of the technology curve they need to add it to allbut there most basic models. However, if you're like most people you probably can't evencheck how much memory your has, let-alone if yourcomputer is wireless enabled. Throw in the fact that you may noteven know what wireless networking is and it's easy to ignoreeven trying to determine if your has that capacity. Asa result, having ever taken the time to set it up is clearly outof the question. However, since you bought your you've probably heardmore and more about "going wireless" because it's becoming thehip thing to do. If that's the case with you or I've simplypeaked your imagination then read a bit more because I'veoutlined a few things you can to do to check if your computerhas wireless capabilities.
Laptops - Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Computermanufacturers do less than a perfect job at explaining what thismeans but if you if your laptop came with this built in thenthat's good news for you! In a nutshell, it means that yourlaptop has wireless networking built right in and you don't haveto do a thing. Intel Centrino Mobile Technology is a marketingname for a combination of the Intel Pentium M processor andIntel's' Pro Wireless card. If you have Intel Centrino Mobile Technology then your computershould have a "Centrino" sticker on it somewhere. If you can'tfind a sticker but you suspect you had one at one time thensimply do the following. Right click on your "My Computer" icon.It's probably on your desktop but if not then go to your StartMenu, find My Computer, right-click and select Properties. Whenthe menu opens look at what it says after or under the wordComputer. On a side note, Intel Centrino Mobile Technology also increasesbattery life and allows manufacturers to build computerssmaller. If you can't find anything referring to Intel CentrinoMobile Technology under the word -- don't worry becauseas long as your laptop has a free card slot, installing wirelessis a piece of cake. Desktop Computers If you're not sure whether or not your desktopcomputer has
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Obsolete computer hardware, remember this?
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