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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 23:53:58 est5edt
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: new ThinkPad 8

My pleasure.  ;-)

You know, ten years ago, I'd have agreed that integrated components 
could be cause for concern. However, we need to remember a couple things 
(obviously, this guy has no clue):

    * Today, almost all machines have integarted hardware. The newer
      chipsets support audio and video internally, and desktop machines
      include embedded LAN, USB, IDE, floppy, SCSI (in some cases),
      FireWire, etc. How many add-on boards are required anymore? 99% of
      all workstations we deploy have 3 or 4 PCI slots, a vacant AGP
      slot, and that funky little ACP slot on the end for a
      half-brain-dead Win modem to plug in. All of these slots are
      empty, because the essentials are onboard.
    * Notebooks, by there very nature, are integrated devices. If your
      display panel fails, luckily you have an external port to plug in
      a supplemental monitor. However, in most cases, it's not feasible
      to run the machine with the display panel disconnected and removed
      for service, so the whole unit goes out. Ditto for any of the
      ports failing (end users can't very well desolder the UART, put
      the machine back together, use it until they find a replacement
      chip, and then open it up again to solder it into place - I've
      done it, but that doesn't count...).

The only real drawback I see to the miniPCI is that there's only one 
slot (unless the T40's will have two). In mine, I have an Intel 
LAN/modem combo card. I guess if the new ones will ship with a 
wired/wireless combo, that would work (the Winmodem circuitry is for the 
birds, anyway; my trusty Megahertz 56K blows it away under all OSes I've 
run). There's also a lot to be said about not having that funny "ear" 
sticking out of the side of the machine (the wireless antenna). One of 
these days, I swear I'm going to snap the thing off!

Charles McCallister wrote:

>Lewis, 
>
>
> > For wireless, I believe the antenna  
> > connector plugs in 
>
>
>I figured this would be the way these adapters worked, also thinking the 
>connectors may be something like internal slip-in batteries with a push
>fit,  or something. Some dude on a CIS Comm forum was dis'ing the concept
>of having  the wireless components integrated on the m/b in the event of
>failure implying  you'd have to return the m/b for service. I suggested
>that in the interim you  could always use a PCMCIA wireless adapter until
>you found a temporary  replacement and then send in your unit, but.... 
>
>Anyway, thanks for the tutorial. <G> 
>
>
> Charles 
> [13:22 CT, 25-Mar-03] 
>  
>
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