MacBook Pro accessories/wifi help

I'm thinking about buying a MacBook Pro down the road and wanted to know what to buy along with it, like for instance my house has no wifi so I wanted to know what to buy to make it have wifi or whatever I need to do for it to be Internet accessible

Don't think the trackpad would explode. It's most likely the battery. Stop using it and take it in to Apple immediately!

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    Hello HS87
    Continue your troubleshooting with the article below and look at the section of Symptom: The network connection drops unexpectedly and that should have your answer on getting that sorted out for you.
    Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
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