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802.11ac and BT 4.2 are here for unibody MBPs and A1342 MB!

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If you guys have any of these wifi cards available I want one for my 15" 2012 MBP. Its connection with the stock wifi card has become intermittent. I am about to go inside and unplug it, then reconnect it. But after the disassembly I would just as soon put in a higher performance unit.
 
chuanist said:
If you guys have any of these wifi cards available I want one for my 15" 2012 MBP. Its connection with the stock wifi card has become intermittent. I am about to go inside and unplug it, then reconnect it. But after the disassembly I would just as soon put in a higher performance unit.
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Note, I am not a company rep.

https://subtle.design/products/80211ac/ , pick the 15" option. Looks like they only have 1 left in stock! I can't speak to the quality as I ended up not getting it (my stock wireless card is working fine and I don't use bluetooth much so I don't really *need* to spend the $150 upgrading it) but it seems a lot of people have had good experiences with it.
 
chuanist said:
If you guys have any of these wifi cards available I want one for my 15" 2012 MBP. Its connection with the stock wifi card has become intermittent. I am about to go inside and unplug it, then reconnect it. But after the disassembly I would just as soon put in a higher performance unit.
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chuanist said:
If you guys have any of these wifi cards available I want one for my 15" 2012 MBP. Its connection with the stock wifi card has become intermittent. I am about to go inside and unplug it, then reconnect it. But after the disassembly I would just as soon put in a higher performance unit.
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We have very few in stock. Recommend purchasing from us, as we created the product and have the best instructions, documentation and cleanest installation.
 
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I was looking to see if there was any way to shoehorn this into a late 2008 aluminum MacBook (A1278), but it appears the connector would be the problem.
 
troop231 said:
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Anything that could be done to upgrade the internal WiFi on those? My card is shot and figured I would see what’s possible. I’ve ordered the subtle design solution for 2012 unibodies and worked great.

Would like to avoid a usb option if at all possible.
 
troop231 said:
The latter was developed by the original creator of the product (us) and is more polished with great installation photos and troubleshooting documentation.
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Any of these cards and adapters available at the moment? I am trying to upgrade my A1278. Thx!
 
rusavv said:
I've just upgraded my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro to newer AirPort card. Thanks to @Krutav and his awesome open source project, I've ordered a PCB and Molex connector and soldered it altogether to connect to my laptop. Now it has a much faster Wi-Fi and even working Auto Unlock feature! The only thing I've need is to change antenna connectors so it can fit older and bigger ones.
Thanks again, Krutav!
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Looks great! You soldered the IPEX1 antenna connectors instead of IPEX4, right? And which Molex connector is needed here exactly?
 
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