MS broabband networking products

aafuss1 · Sep 16, 2002, 05:23 AM

At Acttivewin.com, they are currently have a page of exclusive photos showing Microsoft's new broadband networking product range:
http://activewin.com/outbound.asp?He...etwork%2Eshtml

sparkleytone · Sep 16, 2002, 10:37 AM

Microsoft usually makes awesome hardware, and this should really be no different. I just hope they don't end up handicapping themselves with the software bloat they are beginning to put on things like drivers.

Chisholm · Sep 23, 2002, 07:26 PM

eeewwww innovation.....yeah right! Do they make mouse pads yet? Oh, and what ever happened to the MS cordless phone?

rainman::|:| · Sep 23, 2002, 09:45 PM

maybe i'm missing something, but i don't see the point. several vendors already produce these things, in some cases dozens of vendors... if they could offer a CHEAP ethernet to USB adaptor it would be cool, but then, most computers with usb would already have ethernet? i don't think MS needs to get into the wireless market, lest they try and revamp things with their own "standard"... if i was going to buy a wireless router you can bet it would be from a *reliable* company...

which brings me to this: apple should make an Airport Base with five ethernet ports, a small network router for those who don't want to go the external router / hub & software router ways... it'd be cool... well, maybe they don't need to make one either, but at least it'd be interesting looking...

pnw

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Sep 23, 2002, 07:26 PM	#3
Chisholm macrumors regular Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama	eeewwww innovation.....yeah right! Do they make mouse pads yet? Oh, and what ever happened to the MS cordless phone?

Sep 23, 2002, 09:45 PM	#4
rainman::\|:\| macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: iowa	maybe i'm missing something, but i don't see the point. several vendors already produce these things, in some cases dozens of vendors... if they could offer a CHEAP ethernet to USB adaptor it would be cool, but then, most computers with usb would already have ethernet? i don't think MS needs to get into the wireless market, lest they try and revamp things with their own "standard"... if i was going to buy a wireless router you can bet it would be from a reliable company... which brings me to this: apple should make an Airport Base with five ethernet ports, a small network router for those who don't want to go the external router / hub & software router ways... it'd be cool... well, maybe they don't need to make one either, but at least it'd be interesting looking... pnw