[Straight Vermonter]

My 7 year old laptop probably would not be able to use a USB wireless network then?

[goldstategop]

If you don't have a Type II Cardbus slot, I don't think so. But USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports; USB 2.0 devices connected to older ports simply won't run to their full speed throughput.

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