Should I bother to upgrade my wireless card ?

I have read several posts here which have observed that the aluminum 15" powerbooks (mine is 1.33 mHz) generally do not receive good wireless reception compared to other Powerbooks. I have also observed several references to web venders for replacement of original the airport extreme cards. My question is addressed to those in a similiar situation (having an aluminum powerbook), or those who have knowledge of the aluminum considerations:
... has replacing the Airport Extreme card made a noticeable improvement in the range of your wireless reception ( ie. is it worth the money... or, is it time to consider biting the bullet and buying a new computer ) ?
Thank you in advance for your consideration of this... it is hard to know what to do without knowing what others have experienced.

Hi,
You posted you question in the Power Mac (Desktop) G4 Discussions. You need to post it in the PowerBook Discussions.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=120
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ibsooner wrote:
I have two Hp laptops that are used for work. One is a HP Pavilion DV6-6B26US and the other is a HP Pavilion G4-1215dx.
Recently our employer informed us that company network upgrades will require laptops to have dual band (2.4 & 5 GHz) wireless cards (as the are blocking 2.4 GHz bands in selected locations).
I initially attempted to upgrade the HP Pavilion G4-1215DX with an Intel Centrino 6235 Advanced WiFi card and found that the BIOS contained a whitelist preventing use of the Intel card. I was able to find and order a suitable replacment listed in the service guide for the laptop:
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I cannot, however, find a suitable dual band wireless card listed in the service guide for the HP Pavilion DV6-6B26US. I need to know if a whitelist is employed in the bios for this machine, and if so, which dual band wireless card would be comapatible with this machine?
Alternatively, is there a BIOS avaiable for this machine (or both machines) that does not employ whitelisting of wireless cards?
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