When ordering BT Broadband (option 2), I requested ADSL cards but received BT Voyager 1055 USB adaptors. These are plainly marked "compatible only with Windows 2000 And XP" and I'm running Vista. At no time during the call was I asked about my operating system, nor was this limitation pointed out to me. Needless to say, my email of complaint has so far met with a deafening silence. Dick Thickett
USB wireless adaptors have only two advantages, neither of which has anything to do with either wireless or networking -- they are cheap, and easy to fit. As such, they find their place in consumer bundles that are sold on price. Since you are willing to open up your PC and install an expansion card, you'd be better off buying a Vista-compatible PCI card. I have not tried any but the Linksys Wireless-G PCI Card WMP54G, the similar Broadcom BCM4306 and the Netgear WG311T 108Mbps are listed as being compatible on the Winmatrix site at http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10334.
PCI cards are more reliable and don't use up processor cycles like USB adaptors. Whether you can get BT to supply one is another matter. Since Vista was all over the press for five years, had 5m beta testers and the final code was released last year, you might have thought more companies would have seen it coming and prepared for it. Apparently not.
