FYI: CircuitCity now selling Toshiba A45-S121 notebook for..

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On Thu, 27 May 2004 15:30:29 -0700, David Chien <chiendh@uci.edu> wrote:

:>www.circuitcity.com in their ad for the 27-29 Memorial day sale.
:>
:>Excellent price on a basic notebook, and they certainly don't come this
:>cheap normally.
:>
:>Would advise you run to a store =now= if you want one -- are selling out
:>fast.

As I noted in another reply:

A word of warning. Unlike virtually every other Toshiba made in the last 2
years this "special" model is not wifi ready. There are no antenna cables
installed and no on-off switch for the wifi installed. It uses the same
system board as the other A45 models so it has the socket for the mini-pci
card which is useless without the other supporting hardware.

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It doesn't have internal Wi-Fi, or even the provisions for adding it, so
you would use a PC Card or a USB Wi-Fi card. I don't view this as a
major drawback. Cost would be anything from $10 to $80, depending on
exactly what you bought, PC Card vs. USB and 802.11b vs. 802.11a/g.



Alesandra wrote:

> What does it need to be WiFi?
>
> "OTG" <null@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
> news:71ldb0lrih5fspe4oap00g401b9lh35eae@4ax.com...
>
>>On Thu, 27 May 2004 15:30:29 -0700, David Chien <chiendh@uci.edu> wrote:
>
>
>>A word of warning. Unlike virtually every other Toshiba made in the last
>
> 2
>
>>years this "special" model is not wifi ready. There are no antenna cables
>>installed and no on-off switch for the wifi installed. It uses the same
>>system board as the other A45 models so it has the socket for the mini-pci
>>card which is useless without the other supporting hardware.
>>
>
>
>