letterbox said:I'm just on a very tight budget right now so cutting costs is important. I don't foresee any need for PCI slots and I've got all this other crap to do like paying for parking passes and food.
jimsowden said:If you got a G5, why cheap out here. Geez!
letterbox said:Thanks for the replies.
I'll look into the Belkin and Buffalo cards.
I confess, I am a starving college student. I've got about 80 bucks left to my name, so here is to hoping I get a job at the Apple Store near by (2nd interview on Friday!) - and at least some more $$ in the near future. I'd love to get the AE card, no doubt about it, but I'm not sure I can justify it at this point. Maybe I will just hold out until I can afford it, dial-up is okay for now. I would be getting cable via wireless from my gracious neighbor.
Thanks,
Jay
Fender2112 said:Hold out until you get the job. I think Apple employees get a 10% discount.
If you want native AirPort Extreme support these are probably your safest bet.letterbox said:I'll look into the Belkin and Buffalo cards.
2A Batterie said:I heard that Apple Employees get something super-sexy, like 20-25% discount.
On another note, aren't airport cards extremely hard to find now? Didn't Apple stop making them?
G5s are aluminium which shields the wireless signal so just have an antenna plugged into the back panel, which will have exactly the same signal strength etc. as a PCI card.chaos86 said:macs also come with a built in antenna (little silver wire that you plug into the end of the card that sticks out of the dedicated airport card slot). this antenna is mounted in the best possible place in the system to get good reception (i dont know where exactly on a g5).