I have installed the drivers on XP, Vista, Windows 7 and tonight on Ubuntu 10.10. In order of ease-of-install I go with Win7, Vista, Ubuntu and XP. Win7 and Vista both installed the drivers without the disk, Ubuntu seemed trickier but not really. I plugged it in, ran update manager and rebooted (Ubuntu does a full reboot on my netbook in under a minute and a half.) XP was a nightmare of picking through the mis-labeled folders on the disk, giving up and finding the drivers online.
As far as performance is concerned, I saw little signal boost on XP (went from 1 bar without to 2 bars with.) Win7 and Vista both showed a steady two bar increase (1 without to 3 with) but the most impressive was Ubuntu. On Ubuntu I went from barely 1 bar without the dongle to full signal with a rare fluctuation down to 3 bars if someone stands directly in the signal path.
I've read the other reviews and they seem pretty mixed but my opinion is that this is hands-down the best purchase under $20 I've ever made. I'm writing this review from my back patio with my Ubuntu powered Ideapad s10-3t and wireless dongle. "A computer is like an air conditioner, it works great until you open Windows."
As far as performance is concerned, I saw little signal boost on XP (went from 1 bar without to 2 bars with.) Win7 and Vista both showed a steady two bar increase (1 without to 3 with) but the most impressive was Ubuntu. On Ubuntu I went from barely 1 bar without the dongle to full signal with a rare fluctuation down to 3 bars if someone stands directly in the signal path.
I've read the other reviews and they seem pretty mixed but my opinion is that this is hands-down the best purchase under $20 I've ever made. I'm writing this review from my back patio with my Ubuntu powered Ideapad s10-3t and wireless dongle. "A computer is like an air conditioner, it works great until you open Windows."
Product Detail
- Brand New Generic Product BULK PACKAGE
- Specifications:Wireless LAN 11g USB Adapter, IEEE 802.11g, USB1.1/2.0, 2.4GHz-2.4835GHz
- Ralink Chipset IEEE 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 25, 36, 48, 54Mbps, 5V DV
- System Requirements:PC - compatible computer, CPU speed of 200MHz or above;Memory: 64MB or above, 12
- How to install driver and utility: Insert the software CD to your CD-ROM, then it will auto run imme
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