This wireless card for desktops is selling for $5. I'm really hesitating to buy it, especially since the cheapest such thing I could find at the mall was $70... at 3 different stores.
The rebates are an invention of Kafka's overactive imagination come to life. Sometimes they pay, but often they find a triviality (possibly one that doesn't exist) on which to refuse payment. Or they conveniently lose the paperwork.
Well, I can get that one for $5 + shipping. Besides, I'm planning to Ubuntufy my life.
OTOH, the desktop computer is likely to stay Windows for a couple of months, and it would be super-convenient to buy yours, with the certainty that it works, etc. So maybe we can work something out.
I have this. I have never used it, so you should be just as sure/unsure that it works as you would be of one bought from a store. It was $45 when I got it. They appear to be going for about $20 plus shipping on ebay, so I revise my offer to $20.
Careful with wireless cards! Wireless support under Ubuntu has been a disaster for at least the past two releases. There are only a very few such cards that will work out of the box, or even anything close to out of the box. You may ultimately be constrained by compatibility, not price.
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Date: 2006-12-09 10:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:31 pm (UTC)I think the reason they exist is because many people forget to mail them in.
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Date: 2006-12-10 01:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 10:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:05 pm (UTC)OTOH, the desktop computer is likely to stay Windows for a couple of months, and it would be super-convenient to buy yours, with the certainty that it works, etc. So maybe we can work something out.
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Date: 2006-12-09 11:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:59 pm (UTC)I suspect there might be too many walls between router and adapter.
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Date: 2006-12-10 12:32 am (UTC)Careful with wireless cards! Wireless support under Ubuntu has been a disaster for at least the past two releases. There are only a very few such cards that will work out of the box, or even anything close to out of the box. You may ultimately be constrained by compatibility, not price.
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Date: 2006-12-12 08:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-09 11:28 pm (UTC)