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pumpin
11-24-2009, 06:41 PM
hi
i currently have a notebook with an Intel 5100 mini-pcie wifi card - which is not supported by Os X and won't be the next time.
so i want to buy a new one (internal, and throw the old one away - so i don't want to buy any usb stuff).

So here's the question i need one that works under Win 7 also and that has Draft N.

Are there any not too expensive ones around??
thanks in advance

flip360
11-24-2009, 07:25 PM
I have the Dell 1490a/b/g card (not n) as a recommendation from a friend ;) and it works wonderfully, native airport OOTB. Dunno about n cards, but you could try the Dell 1510 i think or something similar from that range, mind you that Broadcom chipsets are most compatible with OSX, i think :)

pumpin
11-29-2009, 06:56 PM
thanks for that nfo.

but my problem is that i have a Lenovo Thinkpad sl300 and there are some BIOS restrictions so that i can't use any chip.
So does anybody know where to get one which would be compatible??

derekreid
12-01-2009, 05:39 PM
There are ways around the BIOS restrictions, I got a Dell card to work on my HP laptop (it took some work).

Browse through the compatible hardware lists here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page