Tony Hwang wrote:
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www...or-dummies.pdf




My question is ...
How can we tell from the HP WiFi card spec whether the NIC is 2.4GHz or
5GHz, or both?

Hi,
-AC mode runs on 5GHz band, -N can run on either.
So, it'll be dual band card, 2 stream one(2 antennas)
Full -AC needs 4 antennas and there are almost no such thing
yet for users. Of course it'll have Gbit Ethernet controller too.
Does it have Bluetooth? Bluetooth mouse and keyboard?
8 GB memory is good. You don't have to spend 140.00 on MS Office.
Freeware Openoffice is compatible with MS Office. Let her try it and
you can buy MS later on student discount. And what cpu, and Video
controller?(what is native resolution?) I am sure the laptop will have
HDMI port and sufficient no. of USB port. And my(very robust game
machine with enough cpu and video controller power) daily use laptop is
14", i7 quad cpu, 8GB memory Nvidia 740M video card and DVD r/w drive,
etc. gotten for ~500.00 on eBay. Built-like tank. Never let me down. I
never owned HP laptop. Personally I just don't like it. But I used many
different Enterprise grade HP work stations or server.
Most people use Intel 7260 dual band WiFi card. I have it in all our
laptop except my wife's Asus GX60 which has Bigfoot Killer N card.
I seldom use desktop any more. At home I use 17" Asus ROG with SSDs,
16GB memory, Nvidia 840m video card, i7 quad cpu, Blue ray R/W drive,
etc. I use this for my real work. triple boot, W7 x64, Ultimate, W10 Pro
and Ubuntu. (What real work? I am retired old fart, LOL!)