Quick. What’s wrong with this press release?

Dell today announced an internal wireless mini card capable of giving many of its notebook customers up to five times the speed and twice the range of the industry’s widely used 802.11g Wi-Fi technology standard.

The Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n dual-band wireless card is available now for all Dell XPS mobile systems and select Inspiron  notebooks.

When connected to a wireless Draft 802.11n network router featuring Intensi-fi  technology, the Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n wireless card supports data rates up to 270 megabits per second (Mbps), versus the maximum 54 Mbps with 802.11g wireless technology.The Dell card is Wi-Fi certified to ensure backward compatibility with 802.11g, 802.11b and 802.11a wireless standards…

Answer: The standard doesn’t exist. Pre-standard versions of 802.11n are highly unlikely to work with future iterations.

Unless you’re into masochism, save your frustration and fifty-nine bucks for a battle worth fighting.