Installed Feisty as the only OS on the laptop.

Installed 915resolution to get 1280×800 resolution
* sudo apt-get install 915resolution
* ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X

Installed bcm43xx-fwcutter
* sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter
* reboot

Added the following to the end of /etc/network/interfaces

eth0 auto
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Working but is painfully slow.

Switched to using ndiswrapper following this guide.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297092
Changed wlan0 to eth0 in /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

Works flawlessly at home. Will test outside soon

No problems browsing the windows network with the gui.

It works. I used the info from this site.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413626