AirPort Express vs AirPort Extreme

Rhobes

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Oct 28, 2004

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Bigfork, MT

• Nov 10, 2010

• #1

Whats the difference between them?

I recently bought AudioEngine A5 Speakers for my new iMac & to stream iTunes/Radio they recommend using "Express". In the near future I would also like to link the laptop and old iMac to the internet, I assume I will need one of these AirPort devices...

 

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SpeedFleX

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Interwebz

• Nov 10, 2010

• #2

The Express is smaller has an Audio Jack and is really just a wlan router

The extreme is a full router with more then 3 ethernet port, wan port and has no audio jack.

The express does work with printers but not with external storage devices

the extreme does both

http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/

http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/

 

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skorpien

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Jan 14, 2008

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• Nov 10, 2010

• #3

http://www.apple.com/wifi/

Also, a search in these forums (or better yet MRoogle) will yield multiple threads comparing the two.

 

Rhobes

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Bigfork, MT

• Nov 10, 2010

• #4

Thanks for the info....