Vihang Dudhalkar wrote:
The only problem is that the wifi chip they use does not have an linux driver at present. The chip is (I understand from friends) capable of transmitting in any frequency (including milerary reserved frequency) and the US govt has asked the company not to release the chip specifications to opensource till they can get a workround for the problem. The website says that the driver should be available in 2 months time.
Does it really have wifi card inbuilt. Coz there site doesn't say so.
These laptops have "Manufacturing Option" for this line of laptops. That means in some markets, they put it in, and in some, they dont. The brochures for the laptop here in Mumbai clearly states that the product has a built in wifi 11b/g.
This is important, since ibm, hp still provide 11b in (1/5th of the speed) centrino notebooks which are twice as expensive.
You can cross check this by calling acer india mumbai office.
Regards Saswata