Well, after spending a lot of time with tech support, the opinion seems to be the Airport Card is FUBAR. Rather than loose my 'puter for a week sending it for repair, I figured if the card was user changable I would buy one and put it in myself. They don't cost that much. It's a snap to change on my iMAC, so I figured I'de ask. Never tried to do anything to a lap top. BTW, its a 2Ghz core 2 duo. 'Mo