802.11a in intel Macs?

[theBB]

http://www.macuser.com/hardware/even_more_80211_goodness.php

claims that "A rather under-publicized feature of the new Intel Macs is that their wireless cards will be 802.11a capable. 802.11a never really became a common standard for consumer networking hardware, but some corporations adopted the standard."

Apple's website says nothing of 802.11a, but the post sound quite certain. Does anybody have any info one way or another?

 

[theBB]

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1465

has a bit more info. It seems like new intel Macs do have 802.11a built-in, but I don't know whether you can seemlessly connect to a ".11a" network through OSX drivers/software, just as you'd connect to ".11b/g" networks.

 

[JeffTL]

I still have my Netgear 11a access point in a drawer; it sounds like it may not be quite obsolete yet.

 

[rendezvouscp]

Sounds good to me. That makes sense about the MacBook Pro presentation too. I won't use it, but it makes it "that" much easier to connect to any network wirelessly.
-Chasen

 

[robo74]

maclive article


Something similar was posted there.
I wonder if the macbook that was used was a "special" macbook so they could do their thing without a mixup from the "g" AP's.
I guess we should know a answer soon.

 

[blueflame]

centrino

do the centrinos have a,b,g? if so, maybe we have new airport card too?
andreas

 

[SiliconAddict]

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1465

has a bit more info. It seems like new intel Macs do have 802.11a built-in, but I don't know whether you can seemlessly connect to a ".11a" network through OSX drivers/software, just as you'd connect to ".11b/g" networks.

The irony of running Windows on a MacBook: you get to use more of the hardware.

 

[dubbz]

do the centrinos have a,b,g?

The newest Centrino platform, Napa, dictates a, b and g... but that doesn't neccessarily mean that Apple have to use it. Centrino is just a marketing term after all, and I don't think Apple care about it.

Though if Apple have just gone with the standard Intel wireless chip, then I guess it'll have support for all three.