DELL Inspiron 580 has no modem

justforgroups

Hi,
Was looking thru' the specs of this on Dell's website, and saw there is no modem selectable? Does that mean there is no wireless/means of accessing the 'net?

blubloblu

Modem is not synonymous with (wireless) network card.

justforgroups

Ok, excuse my ignorance

"modem" to me means the network card - the ports, wireless etc.

I saw other models which offered a wireless option, so was curious about this. There's actually no mention of wireless connectivity on the PC.

Angus Og

I looked at the model and it has a network card which means that you can have a wired connection. If wireless is necessary, you can get a wireless USB adapter. They don't cost much.

sceptre

justforgroups wrote: »

Ok, excuse my ignorance

"modem" to me means the network card - the ports, wireless etc.

Naw, in this case, modem would be very specifically "56k modem for connecting directly to the net through a phone line in the old fashioned slow way". USB 'old-fashioned' modems are available and cheap if someone really wants that option.

justforgroups

sceptre wrote: »

Naw, in this case, modem would be very specifically "56k modem for connecting directly to the net through a phone line in the old fashioned slow way". USB 'old-fashioned' modems are available and cheap if someone really wants that option.

Yeah that's the thing - u pay a s$$$ load of money for a computer, the least you'd expect nowadays is for it to come with a wireless modem

Angus Og

Exactly. They think wireless is only for laptops. The weird thing is, laptops come with both wired and wireless options. I ended up buying a wireless adapter for my PC for that reason.