Anyone heard whether SP4 still uses Marvell Avastar WiFi adapter?

[Talldog]

I hope not.

 

[PepperdotNet]

Thanks for reminding me of that nightmare. I think it finally works *correctly* on the SP3 and earlier, or maybe just because I quit trying to do advanced things like run Hyper-V on it.

 

[Talldog]

Well, AnandTech has a review up, and they're showing the Avastar adapter. Jeez, I sure hope it works better in the SP4 than it does in the 3.

 

[anon(5327127)]

It is the same but at least it's faster this time.

 

[azskygod]

How is it faster? If it is the exact same? I get 300 at home and sp3 gets half that. Wife's mac air gets 300. The only thing keeping me from upgrading was the WiFi performance. Wish I can take one home just to try it out.

 

[MartyB]

I get exactly 300. However, every once in a while, it'll disconnect, the device will disappear completely (as in my SP4 briefly thinks it has no WiFi, and then it'll come back on and reconnect. Happened 3 times today.

 

[Gunbust3r]

Blerg, why do they insist on still using that terrible chip. Bad performance, no options in the driver, worse performance if you use Bluetooth devices, buggy out of sleep, ...