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Apple Dropping "AirPort" for "Wi-Fi"
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took them long enough. I have had to field the question before of "How do I turn on WiFi, I see airport but no WiFi"
Using industry standard names is a GOOD THING.
Using industry standard names is a GOOD THING.
meh
I don't wanna sound hipster, but i kind of liked the mac thing of calling AirPort to the Wi-Fi thingy.. It made it sound more mac-ish and therefore more reliable, as opposed to the crappy PC's Wi-Fi systems. yuck.
that line thing where people state what they own
i use, daily, both pc and mac so i know a tiny bit about the differences
don't hate
I don't wanna sound hipster, but i kind of liked the mac thing of calling AirPort to the Wi-Fi thingy.. It made it sound more mac-ish and therefore more reliable, as opposed to the crappy PC's Wi-Fi systems. yuck.
that line thing where people state what they own
i use, daily, both pc and mac so i know a tiny bit about the differences
don't hate
Actually Linksys doesn't own it. WiFi (wireless fidelity) was created by the Wi-Fi Alliance as an easier to remember and promote name than IEEE 802.11. They also certify devices as Wi-Fi compliant.
I'M NOT UPDATING TO LION NOW!!1 /sarcasm
It makes sense, I wouldn't be surprised if Airport confused actual users who bought a Mac for the first time.
It makes sense, I wouldn't be surprised if Airport confused actual users who bought a Mac for the first time.
It's interesting but I like it, the Airport thing was a bit of a marketing scheme really - "Wait why does this not have Wi-Fi? It has airport? Ok where do I buy this "airport thing"?" lol.
It was cute when Wi-Fi was new and nobody really knew what it was, but now it just makes Apple look bad. I wouldn't be surprised if they kept calling the routers "Airport" routers though.
It was cute when Wi-Fi was new and nobody really knew what it was, but now it just makes Apple look bad. I wouldn't be surprised if they kept calling the routers "Airport" routers though.
I use iStat Menus 3, cost just over £10 but it's really good. Reports back loads of data including temps, HDD, CPU(S), memory and more. Worth every penny!
I think they're just dropping it for the wireless system integration. The Airport devices will still exist and the Airport Utility for managing them. That's my guess.
Let's hope their new Airport routers are faster to start up... I've always found them to be much slower than the competition to get self-configured.
Let's hope their new Airport routers are faster to start up... I've always found them to be much slower than the competition to get self-configured.
There is a rumour circulating around the mill that the next 'Airport Extreme' will be based on an A5 running iOS but I'm unsure how 'real' such a rumour is but it would make for an interesting device - with that being said I was tempted to get a Time Capsule but given the way it was designed I'm unsure whether I'd put so much trust in a device with so many issues (heat + hard disk = not a good outcome) so I decided to get some other NAS device instead.
In all fairness, when Apple came out with the first AirPort products in 1999, there was no industry standard name.
Now that there is, it makes sense for Apple to adopt it.
Now that there is, it makes sense for Apple to adopt it.
I can happily back up by Time Machine with an Airport Extreme base station + USB hub + external USB harddisk (I also plugged a printer to the AEBS, which in this way supports AirPrint too.)
istat is okay but I prefer menumeters. it works great and its free. been using it for years.. http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/index.html
I always thought AirPort was a clever name for the hardware...
Perhaps they'll take this opportunity to re-brand the Time Capsule and enable it with some iCloud functionality (maybe have free access to your Time Capsule/Mac files on the go?)
Perhaps they'll take this opportunity to re-brand the Time Capsule and enable it with some iCloud functionality (maybe have free access to your Time Capsule/Mac files on the go?)
I downloaded iStat but it's not quite the same as the one pictured. Still a mystery.