Wireless Connectivity

[schnitzer]

I'm deciding between two laptops and I will primarily be using one of them for web browsing, so wireless connectivity is important.  One 802.11ac wireless with new MU-MIMO technology vs. 802.11a/b/g/n?  What the difference between ac and abgn?  Is the difference worth sacrificing 2GB less of memory and a 0.2GB slower processor?

[RadiatingLight]

AC is just better than A/B/G/N

[schnitzer]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

AC is just better than A/B/G/N

Can you explain a little more, how much better?  Worth sacrificing 2GB less of memory and a 0.2 slower processor?

[deleted_member_030719]

Just now, schnitzer said:

Can you explain a little more, how much better?  Worth sacrificing 2GB less of memory and a 0.2 slower processor?

You're browsing the internet, it's like you need that RAM or 200 MHz.

[WkdPaul]

Moved to Networking

[Guest]

Chances are they both support 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC - what were the laptops?

[skywake]

11 hours ago, schnitzer said:

I'm deciding between two laptops and I will primarily be using one of them for web browsing, so wireless connectivity is important.  One 802.11ac wireless with new MU-MIMO technology vs. 802.11a/b/g/n?  What the difference between ac and abgn?  Is the difference worth sacrificing 2GB less of memory and a 0.2GB slower processor?

It depends on what you're doing and what your existing network infrastructure is like. If you're going to be using this just for gaming and have a wireless N grade router/AP or are usually not in the same room as your router/AP? Then it won't make any difference at all. If you are going to be regularly moving files across your network and/or have a very high speed internet connection and have other WiFi gear to take advantage of it? Then yeah, it might be worth it.

[schnitzer]

On 11/10/2016 at 5:51 PM, Windspeed36 said:

Chances are they both support 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC - what were the laptops?

Acer Aspire E5-575-54E8 15.6" Laptop, Windows 10 Home, Intel Core i5-6200U Dual-Core Processor, 6GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive and HP 15.6" Laptop with Intel® Core™ i5 Processor

Above is the link to the 2 laptops.

On 11/10/2016 at 5:51 PM, Windspeed36 said:

Chances are they both support 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC - what were the laptops?