Laptops with Fingerprint Readers but no Bluetooth unappreciation

[infamousod]

I'm shopping sub-$1000 notebooks at sub 5lbs weight class and all of them somehow come with fingerprint readers but no bluetooth, that and 3+ gigs of RAMis all I ask. where did we go wrong here? I feel perfectly safe typing in a password but now I can't connect my mouse?

This sucks.

 

[optimusprimeaphia]

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[/td] [/tr][tr][td] idea: Add Wireless Bluetooth[emoji]174[/emoji] Capability To Your Notebook Computer
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[/td] [/tr][/table]Features

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PC or compatible computer running Windows[emoji]174[/emoji] XP or later, or Macintosh[emoji]174[/emoji] OS X 10.2.6 or later, available USB 2.0 or 1.1 port. Compatible with Bluetooth[emoji]174[/emoji] v1.1, v1.2, v2.0 enabled devices.

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First hit on google.

 

[eight2one]

im always soo amused by the fingerprint reader.

 

[nationaltruckerdave]

Lololol

 

[dr spaceman]

Man i bought the bluetooth minicard for my laptop for 18 bucks on ebay, don't let that stop you. (make sure you have available slots though)

 

[infamousod]

^ all the new macbooks seem to have bluetooth standard. but I need windows because more than likely I'll be using software licensed to the school (may bePC only don't know), or a straight copy. I'll probably end up with a Dell Studio, all of those you can customize and add bluetooth for $25 built in.

i have bluetooth adapters for everything. but I hate those. I'm buying this thing for mobility I don't want to have to be plugging in a damn dongle andsync it everytime

 

[salviboy7]

I know your frustration. Being a macbook owner at times FTL