I go the version 3 card. Install was simple in a Win 98 laptop. It took less than 5 minutes. Some have said not to let the card automatically install new firmware. I let it and it woked fine.Setup was easy, and reception from the wireless router covers my house. I could even carry my laptop outside on my front lawn and surf the net. It doesn't get the advertised distances, but seems OK for my purposes (around a 50 foot radius from the router). Some people have said the netgear card is better, but I have had no problems. It is important to play around with the location of the router. A slightly different router spot will dramatically improve the range of the card.Overall, because of the range I'll have to give this 4 stars, but this is a very good product and works fine with Win 98.