Whats the best type of "vista" wireless adapter, usb or pci?

[pieman109]

As title really. Generally speaking, what is considered to be the best performing/reliable type of wireless adapter for vista 32bit, pci or usb?
Cheers.

 

[james.miller]

probably pci, but in truth ive seen no real difference between pci or usb adaptors. except, im pretty sure when i had a usb adaptor it was stealing more cpu cycles than the pci card does. somebody else may be able to confirm this

 

[Greenlizard0]

My Netgear USB dongle is very very light and never really a problem. I think in the past they were a bit slower than PCI cards but nowadays they're pretty good if you get a quality one.

 

[DavidQ]

I've had the Netgear WG311T for about 4 months now and not had a single issue with it.

 

[NickR]

definately pci - USB ones I have used (Buffalo) sometimes struggle to hold a connection where a pci (Buffalo) is OK -maybe because of smaller enclosed aerial?

I've also found that USB also tend to get rather hot and often need a USB extension cable so you can position them for best signal.............

 

[Ace Modder]

Plus PCI just looks smarter, no USB dongle sticking out of the end/side etc of your case.