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**The_Other_One** · 07-05-2006, 05:23 AM

Moved to networking...

You don't need it unless you plan to go wireless with your internet connection. This is a desktop, correct? There's really no reason to do so unless you don't have any way of connecting the internet to your machine, or you have a network and can't get a wire to the switch/hub/router... All Dell's anymore do have ethernet(wired network cards) installed. At least, I've never seen one today without it...

07-05-2006, 05:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,307	Moved to networking... You don't need it unless you plan to go wireless with your internet connection. This is a desktop, correct? There's really no reason to do so unless you don't have any way of connecting the internet to your machine, or you have a network and can't get a wire to the switch/hub/router... All Dell's anymore do have ethernet(wired network cards) installed. At least, I've never seen one today without it... __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200