I have the wireless adapter for a month now, and what can I say, the part is just awesome!
Share with a friend of 3 houses away lives my Internet, with a normal WLAN stick I could be happy if at all a connection is made.
So I ordered this adapter and attached it to the inside of my window - now I have up to 70% signal strength - a super link!
There are problems really only when it is raining out side, but that's ok
Installation worked fine on both Windows 8 and Windows 7
Did I still additionally ordered a larger 9 dBi Antenna, but would not in use, runs with the supplied antenna super and notice no difference
Conclusion: no comparison to a normal WLAN stick, and the cost in some cases more - I can only recommend to anyone this adapter needs a higher-Fi coverage