I will add that with USB you tend to have way more micro loss of signal. And there is also Wifi cards on PCI Express slot. And not all cards have the same quality. Three antennas tend to have a better signal reception.Tym wrote:I know its a bit late but nobody answered the question (o:
so USB (talking 1.1/2.0 the most common) vs PCI. Always choose PCI over USB whenever possible its almost three times as fast (theoretically) as USB. Even thou the speed of connection doesnt really matter (since you will not be reaching the limit with WIFI with either) more important is the fact that most USB devices are inferior to PCI devices from the standpoint of durability and quality of parts used in most cases.
With the WIFI take care about not having the antenna surrounded by a lot of wires = lots of interference especially if you dont have the router in the next room. When necessary you can get an extension cord for WIFI antenna and put the antenna somewhere with less interefence (read less wires).
And for the speed variation, the laptop has probably a N certification and the tower has a B or G.
And for my specs:
- Case: Lian Li PC-X2000
- Power Supply: Seasonic X-Series 750 Watt
- CPU: Intel Core i7 930 @ Stock Speed
- Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme
- Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
- RAM: 6 Gb DDR3 Corsair Dominator GT PC12800
- Graphics: Geforce 8800 GTX
- Sound: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
- Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Player LG CH08LS10
- Hard Drive: Intel X25-M 80 Gb "PostVille" (for Windows 7), Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 Gb (for games), Western Digital VelociRaptor 150 Gb (for Music & data), Seagate Barracuda LP 2 Tb (for Video) & Seagate 7200.10 250 Gb (for Download)