Did all dual-USB iBooks have an airport card installed by default?

Did all dual-USB iBooks come with an airport card installed? I ask because I just bought one from eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270303646742) (model M6497) and the owner didn't know if it had an airport card installed. Of course, I don't know if the laptop's been modified at all, I was just trying to get an idea of how likely it was that it would come ready for wireless. Thank you

Possible sources for the original AirPort Card:
http://www.macofalltrades.com/AppleOriginal_Airport_Card_APp/airport1.htm
http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Apple-Original-AirPort-Wireless-Card-802.11B-p-31366. html
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/M7600LLE/
http://www.synaptech.com/catalog/index.php?mainpage=index&cPath=4953
http://www.teksale.com/laptops/laptopparts/listings/apple-airport-original.htm
http://www.megamacs.com/v1/?action=view&pid=967052
http://www.macrecycling.com/apple-airport-card-ibook-g3g4-powerbook-g4-p-100531. html
http://memorysolutions.com/memorysolutions/orapaica1.html
http://store.airportcardsdirect.com/
http://www.powerbookguy.com/xcart/catalog/Airport-Cards-price0-p-1-c-507.html
http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/product98_AirportCard.html
http://techrestore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16174
Links priced low-to-high, last checked November 9, 2008.
Installation instructions can be found in this Knowledge Base article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=111919

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