Perhaps this should be a "5" ratings, but the stars say "I like it" and "I Love it" .

The card arrived as promised and it fit into my wife's Acer AS5560-Sb613. The system identified the card but I could not get the wifi enabled. After much reading, trial and error I found taping PIN 20 allowed the card to be used in the Acer 5560. However, I tried everything I could think of and every suggestion I read, including taping PIN 51 but have not found a way to make the Acer laptop even see the bluetooth capabilities, let alone use it. I am not complaining, this card seems about twice as fast as the original wifi card using the "N" (5G) with our RTN66U router. I have not decided if I want an rt-ac68U or an rt-ac68P router, therefore I am not sure if the AC is working..

There may be other cards that work better with linux but I could not find anything on upgrading an Acer AS5560-Sb613 but knew Intel had limited support for Linux users so gave it a try. I am happy with the results so far, knowing that taping pin 20 works. Besides, usb bluetooth adapters are pretty cheap if I can not get that working..

Linux users:

I am using iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode from Intel on an up to date kubuntu 14.10 system,
once downloaded and extracted, Installation of the firmware was
sudo cp iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode /lib/firmware (reboot)

Installing backports and other suggestions made no difference - but for the .Acer AS5560-Sb613 Laptop
I needed to tape PIN 20 on the card (google Intel 7260 Pin 20 or Intel 7260 PIN 51 for pictures)

If I get bluetooth working I will post an update

I had the same problems attaching the antennae pins as others, wish there was a better solution, but the compact nature of the card and its mounting area forces them I guess (once upon a time the only people that even Saw them were constructing your laptop, so no one cared how hard it was to mount the antenna pins).

The wifi performance for me has been outstanding, but this is also my first AC unit, so the improvement was expected. I do not experience any dropouts and That was my primary reason for buying This card, as well as offering Bluetooth in a neat package for my NUC 5x.

On to the Bluetooth, whenever it goes out of range, and re-establishes, my HX550 headset would not produce sound any longer, though it was still working fine with my Samsung Note2, also consistently connected. If you go to the (Win7) toolbar, click open 'hidden icons' and dbl-clik the Bluetooth Devices icon, you -should- see your headset there in the window that opens (I am presuming you have already paired it and that it Has worked, but stopped working because of sleep or distance-disconnect).

dbl-clik on your headset's icon and you will get a new window showing "Play Music" with a green check mark, meaning that Your AC 7260 thinks that your headset is an iPod. This needs to be 'disconnect' and after waiting a moment, clik/choose "Listen to Music". I usually make sure that there is Nothing playing when I do this, but it has performed ok when something Was playing.

Until Intel allows us to choose a 'default action' for our bluetooth headsets, you will need to do this every time, but you get used to it. I tried to tell Intel of the fix, but their login server didn't like me..

Still highly recommended card, but No way of knowing if it'll play nice with your headset until you try.

Hope this helps someone, I know I was ready to return the card or the headset and found No answers out in google-land (but I -am- search-challenged, lol)

As fate would have it, the AC 7260 and a D-Link DWA-182 (USB Wireless AC adapter) arrived on the same day, along with a D-Link DIR-868L AC Router. I have been patiently waiting for a Wireless AC adapter upgrade for my Dell Netbook (replacing an Intel 5300) and this was it, especially with the bonus of Bluetooth. As I typically do with all of my network connections, I test the actual throughput speeds using the excellent third-party utility LAN Speed Test (v3.4) with LAN Speed Server running on my main server across a robust Gigabit-802.11ac network. With the new components and some of my existing setup, I did some fairly extensive comparisons in twos: 2 locations (the two ends of my house where I typically use wireless about 20-30 feet from the optimal router), 2 access points (both are upper-end 802.11ac routers - the D-Link DIR-868L and a Netgear R6200, hereafter called WAPs) and the 2 adapters. Some interesting things came out of this testing method... The basement router serves one half of the house better and the upstairs router (acting as an access point) serves the other half better, but it is not split by level (horizontally) like I thought it would be, but split vertically and that surprised me a bit. Not so surprising was that this adapter performed far better on the 5GHz frequency than the 2.4GHz frequency with either router used (I turned one off and left one on then switched them during the testing process). I first tested the AC 7260 at 4 feet from each WAP and on each frequency to get a baseline or "high performance" measurement. On 5GHz, it averaged 130Mbps Write/Upload & 300Mbps Read/Download on both WAPs, hereafter referred to as just the numbers (e.g. 130/300). On the 2.4GHz band, best transfer speeds averaged 70/90 from the remote locations, meeting my expectation that it would be slower. On the 5Ghz frequency, again in the ideal location for each WAP, I was averaging 100/200 actual throughput speeds with one and close to baseline with the other at 125/290. Note: this was when it displayed between 300-480Mbps as the connection speed in Windows (i.e. full strength) and this disparity between rated and actual speeds has been typical, in my experience. Comparing it to the DWA-182, it averaged 50-90% faster speeds consistently over the days of testing. I recognize that they are not fully/directly comparable with one being portable (USB) and this one being semi-permanent with the advantage of a better antenna array, so that must be considered. My rating is based mostly on the expected performance of the adapter (having upgraded through, now 3, excellent Intel adapters) with the secondary consideration of value.

Adding to the value is the added Bluetooth option, allowing me to open a much needed USB port. My findings were similar to what other reviewers found: First, that the Bluetooth drivers that auto-installed in Windows 7 work best. Second, when audio was connected (in this case, some LG HBS700 headphones), that there was a lag of a few seconds when sound was initiated. Not so much of a problem with something like music, but kind of a pain with system sounds. Sometimes, I would not even hear the sound because the lag was longer than the actual sound. But because I don't use Bluetooth much, I will not diminish the rating because of this issue.

This was a great upgrade for my Qosmio laptop.

I purchased the card on Amazon from A4-TRADE and had a disappointing experience with them on two fronts - first they apparently sent electronic shipping info but never actually shipped the product (so I had to contact them after several days to get them to actually ship it). When the item arrived it was in a standard (rather than an anti-static) plastic bag - an item like this should ALWAYS be shipped in anti-static packaging. I'd suggest checking with your chosen supplier before purchase that they will ship it in an anti-static bag. However, a supplier who doesn't use anti-static bags is also unlikely to use anti-static precautions when handling the board for shipping.

No gripes at all with the device itself, speeds are fast and so far I haven't noticed any of the disconnection type issues some reviewers have complained about. I suspect their disconnection issues may actually be more to do with their routers rather than the device (reviews of some recent AC routers have many users complaining about daily or frequent disconnects). Anyway, worth getting the latest firmware for the router!

To install in the Qosmio laptop was relatively easy, remove the subset of F6 screws from the underside that secure the keyboard (I forget if you have to remove the three screws from within the RAM / Hard drive compartment), slide out the DVD, pop out the keyboard (finger access to pop it out is from within the DVD space) to reveal the WiFi card slot. Take a lot of care with the ribbon cables and connectors - never pull or push the ribbon with force). It's worthwhile blowing out the dust from the CPU fans while you're at it - full details of removing the case can be found in various forums - recommend perhaps getting some experienced help if you're not familiar with flat ribbon connectors and micro-coax connectors.

I did have a little trouble with the Intel driver installation (Windows 7 64-bit). When I installed the "software with drivers" the card did not appear in the Windows Device list, only after installing the "drivers only" then reinstalling "software with drivers" did the card appear but after that I have had no problems at all and I'm very happy with the upgrade.

Installation
I installed the driver for this ahead of time since I didn't want to risk having issues later, so I cannot exactly say it was plug and play, but it was pretty close. Anyway, the physical instillation was slightly stressful since this card was slightly tighter than my last one and I decided it was a great idea to wedge it in with my fingers rather than using tools, but I got it in within a couple of minutes. In my settings on my card, to take advantage of its full speed, I did have enable the WMM mode under QoS, but that was pretty easy following some directions I found in another review. One other annoyance was that I had to reenter my network credentials (apparently the passwords are not saved in Windows, but with the card).
Speed and Reliability
I have noticed a significant increase in my network connection and reliability. My old card, a Railink (something similar to that in spelling), would drop connections constantly. This card hardly ever looses connection and won't have any weird slow downs. It connects to my Netgear AC router at 234 Mbs from about 40 feet away.
About my computer:
I have an HP Envy dv6z using an AMD processor and graphics card. When I installed my wireless card, I was running Windows 8.1 and am now running Windows 10 (in case you didn't know, Microsoft skipped Windows 9) with no problems. I am connected to an R6300v2 using the AC connection (my wireless G and N work fine too).

Pros:
Quick to connect
Fast connection
Decent range (a bar higher than my last card)
Cons:
No Bluetooth (the driver installed, but could not find the card)
Requiring me to reenter network credentials