My son really wanted to try Mint on his Amilo laptop but using the live cd we couldn't get wireless to connect.
After some(!!) Googling I found this guide that worked spot on first time:
How To: Wireless on a Fujitsu Siemens Li 2727 notebook
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=986288
Designed for Ubuntu so OK for Mint.We went for the Mint4Win (Wubi- style) install for now.
Hope this helps others looking to do this.