USB Wireless vs. PC card Wireless

[danieljackson12]

Okay so heres my question as i'm in the market for a new wireless card but i was debating weather i wanted a card or not. As there are is an alternative its known as a usb wireless adapter which is suppose to do the same thing as the cards but my question is are there any differences or can i get either one?

in case you have no idea what i'm rambling on about heres the two choices

wireless USB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127081


Wireless card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833117204

 

[kimsland]

All I know is, with a USB extension lead you can sticky tape the USB Wireless adaptor higher up the wall. But Computers tend to fall off (lol )

Actually I did't check the distance on both, but I suspect the PCI card goes further.
Maybe check that out.

 

[danieljackson12]

well the thing is i already compared the distance and the packaging says they have about the same distance but i was wondering if anyone had actually used the usb one to know if it was any worse or better than the pc card thanks anyways though so no one has used these things?

 

[raybay]

USB wireless is good, but much slower than directly installed wireless on a card or onboard.

 

[kimsland]

Yes I've got one of those USB wireless adaptors (came with the router)
Basically wireless is over rated all together, I put it as high as I could, and still it only managed one room away. So I went back to direct ethernet (through a few holes in walls !)

 

[NetCablesPlus]

I have two machines connected wirelessly that are separated two floors (linksys g router in cellar; PC's on second floor of house with USB Wireless Adapters. A few years ago, I was planning to have the house wired and was steered to wireless (back then it was 802.11b) and it worked so well, I never bothered to get around to having the house wired. They stream music and play a few games on the web, but are not hardcore gamers.