Re:M4 MacBook Pro
by carstenhag on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @02:14PM
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Faster is always nice, makes sense. But do you really need WiFi 7 features/speed? I don't know when I would notice a difference (on a laptop) between 600 or 1500 Mbit/s (just as an example). Can't download much anyhow as the storage will get full in minutes.
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Re:M4 MacBook Pro
by throw0101a on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @02:20PM
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> But do you really need WiFi 7 features/speed?
One of the features is preamble punching, which is useful in more dense environments:
* https://community.fs.com/article/how-preamble-puncturing-boo...
* https://www.ruckusnetworks.com/blog/2023/wi-fi-7-and-punctur...
MLO helps with resiliency and the improved OFDMA helps with spectrum efficiency as well. It's not just about speed.
Thanks for those explainers.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro
by iknowstuff on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @02:18PM
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Call of Duty is 200GB
Wifi 6 can do up to 4.8Gbps. Even at half of that, you're going to be limited by a 2Gbps fiber line.
The real use is transferring huge files within the LAN.
Re:M4 MacBook Pro
by iknowstuff on Monday November 04, 2024 @09:40PM
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wifi 6 can’t do shit given that there’s crazy overlap if you go for 80MHz channels. Most situations tap out around 700Mbps over usually a 40MHz channel.
Wifi 6e/7 6GHz band with a bunch of non overlapping 160MHz channels is where the juice is at. But even then a lot of devices are limited to smaller channel widths.