they both having same connectivity card , where did you hear this from ? My desire is having 2 or 3 bar , even my wireless router is 100m beside me    ... My router is Linksys WRT54GL , 2.4ghz channel a/b/g ... but still , I have ran some test speed , apps from speedtest.net , getting 800kbs ++ (subscribing 1mb streamyx) ... At first I thought the 2 3 bars mean low signal , but it still getting good speed , maybe got bugs with the software    ..

if you still worry , borrow legend from friend or go to shop test by yourself .