| Gaming laptops differ from normal laptops in both | | | | These components are simple to understand and |
| hardware and software and are tailored to power | | | | can be easily installed by the user himself. Once |
| hungry gaming requirements. | | | | the PCMCIA card or the access point has been |
| Laptops have entered the arena of computing in | | | | installed, the laptop can be taken anywhere within |
| the twenty-first century and brought about a | | | | the range of the access point and still remain |
| mammoth change in the outlook of all sectors | | | | connected to the wired local network. If the local |
| that made use of computers for their working. | | | | network is connected to a WAN like the Internet, |
| For example, corporate organizations which used | | | | then the laptop too, can enjoy all the features of |
| personal computers earlier now use laptops for | | | | the Internet and behave as though it were |
| mobile transactions and easier functioning. | | | | connected to the WAN itself. |
| A business delegate no longer needs to sit in front | | | | The advantage of having such a wireless |
| of his personal computer and waste his time. He | | | | connection can be realized only by experiencing |
| can carry his laptop around with him and work as | | | | the comforts it offers. For example, a wireless |
| he travels. This way, laptops have brought about | | | | laptop connected at home allows the user to |
| a new dimension to the outlook of Industrial | | | | roam all around the house carrying the laptop in |
| Technology. Recently, laptops have also been | | | | his hand, without breaking connection with the |
| introduced into more complicated setups like | | | | network. In the office, one can work at his desk, |
| computer networks. This involves connecting a | | | | then carry the laptop to the dining area and work |
| laptop to a home or office network for easier | | | | over lunch without forsaking the network |
| data transfer and synchronization. Most | | | | connection. These connections are achieved by |
| organizations operate using a network where | | | | low power radio signals which are the basis for |
| many computers are connected together to | | | | the wireless network connections. You can find |
| co-ordinate and modularize work. In such a | | | | out more about gaming and wireless networking |
| scenario it would be really helpful for a laptop to | | | | at |
| be connected to the network so that in an | | | | The wireless setup is achieved by installing a |
| emergency, the laptop can just be taken around | | | | Proxim Skyline 802.11b network card to the |
| without any loss of data. More specifically, the | | | | laptop. A Proxim Skyline 802.11b Wireless |
| possibility of making the connection a wireless one | | | | Broadband Gateway is also connected to the |
| brings about a significant improvement in the | | | | existing wired Ethernet LAN as a bridge. Using this |
| advantages of using a laptop in a network. | | | | setup, the notebook i.e. laptop can be moved |
| Most laptops come with the provision of | | | | anywhere within range of the network card while |
| supporting a wireless network. The support | | | | maintaining connection with the local area network. |
| needed for a wireless network is called a PCMCIA | | | | Another component here is the access point. An |
| card or an access point that serves as a bridge | | | | access point is basically a radio receiver and |
| between the laptop and the existing network. | | | | transmitter that is connected to a wired network. |