IF you want to try gaming then go for the better graphics card. It speeds up the graphic display and makes a difference when a game relies on fast-changing displays.
You most likely don't need to network (at least as it applies to having XP Home vs XP Pro). I have it because between my hubby and myself we have something like four working computers and this lets us work with and transfer data among them.
The router is in addition to the cable/DSL/dial-up internet access. But any of them, without the wireless router, will require a wired connection. The only difference is that dial-up uses the phone cord (and seriously, I've used a 25 ft cord that let me go pretty much anywhere I wanted to) while cable/DSL use a different type of cable. If you decide to get a wireless router then the cable/dail-up connection goes into it, and it then connects to the wireless card in the laptop so you don't have an internet cord to trail around.
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Date: 2005-07-22 04:25 am (UTC)You most likely don't need to network (at least as it applies to having XP Home vs XP Pro). I have it because between my hubby and myself we have something like four working computers and this lets us work with and transfer data among them.
The router is in addition to the cable/DSL/dial-up internet access. But any of them, without the wireless router, will require a wired connection. The only difference is that dial-up uses the phone cord (and seriously, I've used a 25 ft cord that let me go pretty much anywhere I wanted to) while cable/DSL use a different type of cable. If you decide to get a wireless router then the cable/dail-up connection goes into it, and it then connects to the wireless card in the laptop so you don't have an internet cord to trail around.