"You mean the sales numbers isn't evidence enough??"
If you want to make the argument that Centrino has run away with the business notebook market, I'm with you there. However, when you look at the reports for the consumer market the figures are different. Words like "insignificant" are used. Now a good part of the reason is that until very recently Centrino did not have 11g, and 11g (against all rational arguments) has been the driver for wireless in the consumer market.
"It is believable that a wireless access point can be purchased and placed almost anywhere"
Anywhere you can get a wire to. Which is not characteristic of most bases you would use to get to any mountain peak of interest. I suppose they might have been climbing on something like Pikes Peak, but why not take the road?
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