It may only be me but I'm somehow happy with my file transfer speeds via samba. One thing probably worth noting is that I used a manufactured cat5e cable (not the crimped one).
My setup:
- measy hardwired to my wireless router (100mbps, but I have to check if I'm getting 100 full duplex)
- wireless router is an edimax wireless-N @300mbps (the el cheapo one)
- laptop wirelessly connected at 144mbps.
I'll probably post benchmarks soon. Btw, I'm at 6.23AW. Does 8.80 have youtube already included in the web option? I was able to try 8.95 and it has youtube but had a very buggy BT client, which had me force downgrading back to 6.23AW.