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Originally Posted by CommonReader
In my personal experience the one computer I do have that uses Draft N is easily the one with the least reliable connection. This is down to the deficiencies of the specific device, though.
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I appreciate your not wanting to bicker about this, but then why dog me over four posts about the least important spec of a given reader -- the advantages to which I've observed consistently over time privately and in public, discussed with tons of users, and about which there's corroboration all over the net?
Thinking about it, I realized I own seven Wifi devices as well as a Draft N router. Four out of seven have Draft N and the three that don't are conspicuously less reliable -- which goes along with the progress curve of Wifi cards in general, the situations I've seen publicly, friends' experience and the internet conversations I've participated in on laptop customization forums. Very few public routers in NYC are less than 5ghz at this point.
The first thing people tend to do when they buy a netbook is increase the memory and swap the wifi card. I've never heard of anyone choosing
non-Draft N, and only the NF310 has (gimped) HD features. Have a look at various discussions on sammynetbook.com and you'll see what I mean.
Edit: One other thing: Draft N was originally implemented in Apple laptops. In my years of spending entire days writing in netcafes, I've yet to see a single Apple laptop user experience Wifi issues barring the router's being reset. When the rest of us go down, those bloody things stay connected. If it isn't down to the card, then why are MacBook [____]s so reliable in that one specific way?
Have a look at
this chart, which shows improvements in range as well as data rates, and tell me why Draft N
wouldn't have a positive effect on the ST's Wifi speed and consistency. As I said, the ST's faster processor is probably a factor as well.