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New Extreme Basestation?

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Zim Bargo

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Was just looking at the John Lewis site to buy a basestation Extreme with modem - their price is now £119 reduced from £159. Price is still £149 through Applestore though

Anyone know if Apple are planning to bring out a new one in the near future, hence the price drop?
 
That would make sense, although I have seen no mention of it. Perhaps the sales are just way, way down since the AirPort Express started shipping....
 
Zim Bargo said:
Was just looking at the John Lewis site to buy a basestation Extreme with modem - their price is now £119 reduced from £159. Price is still £149 through Applestore though

Anyone know if Apple are planning to bring out a new one in the near future, hence the price drop?
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And interestingly, the Extreme basestation without modem is down to £99 in John Lewis, but is
no longer listed on the Apple UK Store (unless I'm going mad). Intriguing...
 
Gee said:
And interestingly, the Extreme basestation without modem is down to £99 in John Lewis, but is
no longer listed on the Apple UK Store (unless I'm going mad). Intriguing...
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isn't the one w/out modem just a larger, more expensive airport express?
 
homerjward said:
isn't the one w/out modem just a larger, more expensive airport express?
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A larger, more expensive airport express without the express part and no AirTunes :-D
 
Gee said:
And interestingly, the Extreme basestation without modem is down to £99 in John Lewis, but is
no longer listed on the Apple UK Store (unless I'm going mad). Intriguing...
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the extreme without the modem was discontinued when airport express was introduced, if i recall correctly
 
PlaceofDis said:
the extreme without the modem was discontinued when airport express was introduced, if i recall correctly
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Oh, I didn't realise that. It did have one thing going for it over the airport express and that was the fixed ethernet port. If you want to hardwire a peripheral (such as a playstation) into an express, you need two!
 
Gee said:
Oh, I didn't realise that. It did have one thing going for it over the airport express and that was the fixed ethernet port. If you want to hardwire a peripheral (such as a playstation) into an express, you need two!
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er isnt wireless the point of airport?! if you use a seperate basestation you can hard wire the express to yoru playstation or whatever.
 
wPod said:
er isnt wireless the point of airport?! if you use a seperate basestation you can hard wire the express to yoru playstation or whatever.
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What I mean was, if I have only an express, my wireless laptop can get online, but my playstation cannot....

Whereas if I have only an extreme, my wireless laptop can get online wirelessly AND I can plug the playstation into the the back of the extreme and connect also.
 
Gee said:
What I mean was, if I have only an express, my wireless laptop can get online, but my playstation cannot....

Whereas if I have only an extreme, my wireless laptop can get online wirelessly AND I can plug the playstation into the the back of the extreme and connect also.
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You can always buy a wireless bridge so your PS2 can still get on the net. That negates the cost savings of the Express over the Extreme, of course; but you've still got AirTunes. 😀
 
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