New Airport Card in Intel iMacs?

[Grasbak]

I read somewhere there is a new Airport Card in the new iMacs.... is it newer than my RevC G5 iMac?

What is the difference?

[robbieduncan]

It's a mini PCI express card as oposed to the old mini PCI cards (at least in the MBP). The end result is pretty much the same.

[Grasbak]

Cool. I thought I had read that the new card is ready to handle the new wireless standard - "n"?

[robbieduncan]

Cool. I thought I had read that the new card is ready to handle the new wireless standard - "n"?

It's can't do N. It is possible that an N card will be released which will fit the new slot as it is more or less a standard (in terms of connection and size).

[Anonymous Freak]

One big problem is that the new card isn't as easy to get to as the older ones were. This means that to replace the card will pretty much require a trip to your local Apple Authorized Service Center.

[Bunsen Burner]

The old Airport cards (both original and Extreme) were Broadcom chip based and are b and g (Extreme only) compatible. The Intel Mac Airport cards are Atheros chipped and are a, b, and g compatible.

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