With most PCIe Wi-Fi 7 adapters priced around $50, and USB and M.2 variants slightly less, the clever move is to add an adapter or swap out the existing M.2 wireless card for its Wi-Fi 7 counterpart.

Expand Network adapters, right-click on Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller, and select Properties. Go to the Advanced tab, look for Auto Disable Gigabit, and set it to Disabled. Finally, we need ...