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Yes it can be assumed that all laptops come with one. The benefit of a spare 
one comes in that you can leave one plugged in at your desk (as it is the 
most likely place you will use it) and whenever you take the laptop somwhere 
with you you dont have to pack this up and can simply take the second one.
HTH

Robert

"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:4fssmvF1ji1iuU1@individual.net...
> G'day Rod and other, thanks for your replies to my original request.
> Now following up seeking more info on "wireless", please:
>
> In article <4fr1c8F1jojn5U1@individual.net>, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Phred <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote
> [...]
>>> Anyway, I was looking at the specs of several notebook "specials"
>>> (end of fin year and all that :) so I'm wondering what you good folk
>>> out there think of these models.  (My apologies in advance for the
>>> shape of the following "table", but a fixed font may *help* interpret 
>>> it.)
>>
>>I personally avoid AMD cpus for laptops and insist on a Celeron M too.
>>
>>I also insist on built in wireless, essentially because the antennas in 
>>the
>>lid work a hell of a lot better than addon wireless, not directional at 
>>all
>> etc.
>
> I don't think the Dell has that feature.  The blurb says something
> like this, talking about built-in wireless support:
>    Internal 802.11b/g or a/b/g that allows quick connection
>    to an Internet wireless hot spot ... Then goes on to give
>    pricing options for those two types of Mini-PCI cards.
> That suggests to me that one needs to buy a card to use wireless and,
> I presume, the card would come with some sort of external antenna?
>
> Also, the jargon means bugger all to me, but the a/b/g card costs
> rather more than the simpler b/g one.  What's the diff in practice,
> bearing in mind I don't have a home wireless network yet?
>
>>> Dell Inspiron 1300   Compaq Presaria v2627  Toshiba Satellite A100/301
>>> CPU:  Celeron M380   AMD Sempron 1.8GHz     Celeron M 1.4GHz
>>> RAM:  512MB DDR2     512MB                  256MB
>>> HDD:  40GB           40GB                   40GB
>>> VDU:  15.4" Wide     14" Wide               15.4" Wide?
>>> CD/DVD 24x Combo     Combo                  Combo
>>> O/S:   XP Home       XP Home                XP Home
>>> Wireless: Yes        Yes?                   Yes?
>>
>>If it doesnt say its got wireless, it hasnt got it.
>>About half of the lowend laptops dont have it built in.
>>
>>> Price:    $899       $849 (cashback)        $994
>
> Another point with the Dell, it has an option to buy a "spare" power
> adapter, but nowhere does it say the system comes *with* one!  Is it
> assumed all laptops come with an adapter to run off the mains and, if
> so, what is the advantage of having a spare one?
>
> And, Rod, I've posted a query to a.s.p-c.d [not xposted to
> aus.computers] re that HDD temperature issue as you suggested.
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>
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