IEEE 802.11n (draft)?

[Kalith]

Hi,

I've been keeping an eye out for a laptop to buy for a while and saw the Acer 8371 thread which has tempted me to get one of these. The specs look pretty good for <£400.

I noticed in the networking part it mentions the wireless capabilities include IEEE 802.11n (draft).

What exactly does (draft) mean? I did a bit of searching but couldn't really find a solid conclusion. From what I can tell 'n' is the next step up from 'g' and is supposed to improve wireless speed. But I thought that this 'n' standard had been out a while now, so was concerned (draft) might mean it was an older implementation and might not be as good as it could be.

Rgds,
Kalith

 

[kae2]

I don't think N specs have been properly defined so they're still technically "draft". although I could be wrong.

 

[Kalith]

I'll have another look around online and see if I can make any more sense of what people are saying.

I would be using the laptop wirelessly about 90% of the time so it would be handy to find out

 

[Azuse05]

N was certified ages ago, all the draft products are N. It's ot like they can recall everlasting to simply reprint the manual.