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My Pavilion Media Center
has only a wireless connection (802.11g) and a Logitech diNovo Mouse/KB/Media Pad with a Bluetooth hub. Never had any problems with these jamming each other. These are both used when streaming virtual reality data and real time video and high quality audio from videoranch.com. But then again, I never tried to buy that absolute cheapest POS hardware in an attempt to see how cheap a computer can be.

I'll pay money for quality anytime but even that silly Pavilion was only $449. I guess that what the extra 75 bucks buys you. That's a concept known as value. It relates utility to unit cost. There is a certain point where value is maximized and, let me clue you in, it's usually NOT at the cheapest price point for high tech hardware or software.

Cheap Bluetooth AND WiFi radios have more spectral spread because it's cheaper to make crappy out of band rejection filters that are needed because the same design used cheaper power amps and pushed their compression point spec.s. It's these side-lobes from nonlinear power amps that walk on each other's in band signals. Are you cards certified?

I don't have time or money to waste trying to use worthless hardware and I guess it must be nice to have nothing else to do but play with computers. My computers actually have to be sources of productivity and not drains on my limited time.

Why not buy a better WiFi card with an SMA connector and a remote antenna?
Posted by: jacarter3   Posted on: 11/28/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The problem is your misbehaving ....  ShadeTree | 11/28/07
Also, a PC in a wooden box with ....  ShadeTree | 11/28/07
Nothing to do with wood  georgeou | 11/28/07
While the devices are outside ....  ShadeTree | 11/28/07
Please see update  georgeou | 11/28/07
Actually, both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth USB dongles are only receiving  georgeou | 11/28/07
You obviously don't know how bluetooth and wifi work.  ShadeTree | 11/28/07
I do know how it works  georgeou | 11/28/07
See the 4PM update and see how silly your accusation is  georgeou | 11/28/07
I apologize. I did not mean to offend.  ShadeTree | 11/29/07
Ok, I'll do additional testing using a commercial laptop  georgeou | 11/29/07
Bluetooth for keyboard/mice isn't one of those standards I care about  georgeou | 11/29/07
Bluetooth does far more then mouse and keyboards.  ShadeTree | 11/30/07
Yes I'm well aware of what bluetooth can do and can't do  georgeou | 12/02/07
That is the problem with non-standard and ...  ShadeTree | 12/03/07
My Pavilion Media Center  jacarter3 | 11/28/07
Message has been deleted.  NonZealot | 11/28/07
And your pavilion is an All-in-one?  georgeou | 11/28/07
What name calling????  jacarter3 | 11/29/07
Here's the quote  georgeou | 11/29/07
RE: Wi-Fi crushes Bluetooth mouse for RF airspace  e_caroline@... | 11/28/07
The 27MHz models never had these problems  georgeou | 11/28/07
Avoid 2.4GHz altogether  fazalmajid | 11/28/07
Most N devices operate in 2.4 GHz hogging double the channels  georgeou | 11/28/07
Wi-Fi Crushes Bluetooth . .  bfilipiak@... | 11/28/07
i have to agree wired is the way to go at least for me (NT)  SO.CAL Guy | 11/28/07
Keep us posted on possible solutions!  kd5auq | 11/28/07
Pavilions or any retail PCs have really lousy motherboards  georgeou | 11/28/07
re: Pavilions or any retail PCs have really lousy motherboards  M.R. Kennedy | 11/28/07
I'm talking about recent discount machines from the big PC makers  georgeou | 11/29/07
re: I'm talking about recent discount machines from the big PC makers  M.R. Kennedy | 11/30/07
Put one of the dongles on a USB cable  jorjitop | 11/28/07
I'll be trying that, they're currently 1mm apart  georgeou | 11/28/07
Why bother with wireless mice?  e_caroline@... | 11/28/07
Wireless mouse  micker377@... | 11/28/07
re: Why bother with wireless mice?  M.R. Kennedy | 11/28/07
Nobody likes cables  georgeou | 11/28/07
Several reasons  Freebird54 | 11/29/07
Your suspicions make zero sense  georgeou | 11/30/07
So the mouse is sensitive to strong transmissions  i8thecat | 12/04/07
That's precisely what I have been saying  georgeou | 12/22/07
Good to know  AbbydonKrafts | 11/28/07
Good Lord. George did you season the wood before assembly?  D. T. Schmitz | 11/28/07
WiFi vs Bluetooth - Compare the power  rtb@... | 11/28/07
If you look at the spectrum analysis charts I did  georgeou | 11/29/07
Call Me Old Fashioned  rkuhn040172@... | 11/29/07
Everything you say about wired is true, but I still don't want wires in som  georgeou | 11/29/07
RE: Wi-Fi crushes Bluetooth mouse for RF airspace  albert.schramm@... | 11/29/07
You could always try.....  bportlock | 11/29/07
Stop perpetuating the 2.4GHz jaugernaut  kckn4fun | 11/29/07
RE: Wi-Fi crushes Bluetooth mouse for RF airspace  didier.m.rousseau@... | 11/30/07
They're all using "traditional" radio links, it's a question of frequency  georgeou | 11/30/07
RE: Wi-Fi crushes Bluetooth mouse for RF airspace  wilmerlong@... | 11/30/07
Maybe your being a security expert and alll, ....  ShadeTree | 12/03/07
Yes, I saw that. It was a vulnerability on the Microsoft implemtation  georgeou | 12/03/07
Move Bluetooth Dongle  WaltA | 10/06/08
Bluetooth mouse NOT recommended!  jerry@... | 11/16/09

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