What an absurd headline.
EDIT: And “AI” was only mentioned a single time in the article.
The biggest names in laptops showed up to CES this week with new designs, new chips, and usually some way to sneak in the term “AI.”
The biggest names in tech reporting apparently showed up to the internet this week with some way to sneak the term “AI” into their headlines. Fuck you, Wes Davis.
Also how exactly was it quiet when several major YouTubers covered it? Fucking hate these bogus clickbait headlines
PowerShell 7 quietly took off while I was struggling with my IBS.
Get-Money | Buy-SomethingUseful | ?{$_.item -ne “WiFi 7”}
can the wifi teams finally allow bluetooth to copy their homework? 😂 they’re still at 2mb/s roundabout
This is the best summary I could come up with:
One of the biggest benefits of Wi-Fi 7 is that it allows for one device to connect to your router on multiple bands — a feature called Multi-Link Operation — which gives your laptop options when it comes to where to funnel its packets.
But some of the earliest are, at least for now, very expensive: the 16-inch Razer Blade 16 starts at $3,000, and the 18-inch MSI Titan 18 HX A14V costs at least $5,000.
If you’re not in the mood to dump your life savings into a laptop, some more affordable gaming models with Wi-Fi 7 were announced, too.
The one big exception at the show to the unspoken Wi-Fi 7 gaming laptop rule appeared to be Asus.
None of the laptops that the company announced in its ROG lineup, including the Zephyrus line, have Wi-Fi 7 listed in their specs.
If you’re looking to upgrade your gaming laptop and you’re not the type to insist on a wired connection, now is a fine time to start looking at Wi-Fi 7 routers.
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It feels like the rollout of client modules and APs/routers was better synchronized this time. Back with wifi 6 I ordered the Intel modules within a week of them being available on AliExpress and then waited for what felt like months for APs to be available. Unifi’s U7 pro dropped a few days ago so I nabbed one as soon as I saw the email, and the wifi 7 modules have already been out for a bit, i jist didnt order them since I was anticipating a wait for APs. So now I just gotta wait a bit and I’ll have all my laptops upgraded too.
can the wifi teams finally allow bluetooth to copy their homework? 😂 they’re still at 2mb/s roundabouts
Bluetooth has completely different design and goals. When it came out it wanted to do notifications. Nowadays it’s been shoehorned into lots of things it wasn’t originally supposed to do, like media streaming, controllers, file transfer etc. That’s a limit to how far the spec can be twisted.
We are at the 7 the iteration. A no half a mile range for my home modem?
It does exist, its called 801.11ah or wifi HaLow
That standard is mainly designed for things like IOT and wireless security cameras, but nothing stops you from getting an HaLow access point and network adapter.
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But it can’t be very useful if my smartphone doesn’t support it. I think it was designed for a different kind of use.
More bandwidth/speed requires higher frequencies, which means ever worse range as it can’t go through stuff like walls.
See ya in 5 years when ISPs will start providing WiFi 7 enabled routers
Why would you use your isps WiFi router?
Did it take off? How many people are rushing out right now to buy a gaming laptop so they can have the best wifi?
No one, because their router probably doesn’t support it.
Isn’t wifi good enough for everyone already? I mean, it’s great to have upgrades but pretty much nobody needs it
Most don’t need faster internet than 50mbits/s either, doesn’t mean you won’t like having it. A more reliable and faster wi-fi is always welcome.
That’s what I said
Sure, it’s already good enough for everything I use it for. However, I hope and expect to be doing cool new shit with way better wifi in 20 years. So, in the chicken and egg problem of technical capability vs cool applications, I am fine with increasing specs way in advance of killer apps.
Don’t care
What a weird title. They are completely 2 different, independent things. Just to be categorized with AI hype articles…
