Can anyone give me advice about opting for airport or airport extreme if i have a 15" powerbook (whose card capacity apparently won't let me take advantage of AE's higher speeds)?
thanks, jf
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airport or airport extreme
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It's easy. If you plan on getting a computer that can utilize Airport Extreme, might as well get the AE base station now. If not, then the regular Airport is all you'll ever need.
If your not getting a AE capable computer, just get a 802.11b router from best buy or somewhere. Dlink makes one you can find for 80 bucks and it works like a charm with airport.
AE basestations are cheaper then Airport basestations ever were. Yeah you can get a wireless router for cheaper but the Apple ones are soooooooooo easy to configure. Not to say the other ones are cause they aren't. The airport ones can be done by a blindfolded monkey.
$200 is very expensive for a router whose benefit you're not even going to get. You can get a wireless router for well under $100. Here's an excellent D-Link model that I'm currently using, currently selling for $85:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=33-127-014&depa=1
The admin is really easy, it's just web based. And for the typical cable modem setup like I have, you won't even have to change any settings. I haven't seen the AirPort interface since I don't have one, and I'm sure it's easy, but the difference in price between $85 and $199 is only worth it if you were actually getting the 5x faster speed of Airport Extreme, in my opinion.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=33-127-014&depa=1
The admin is really easy, it's just web based. And for the typical cable modem setup like I have, you won't even have to change any settings. I haven't seen the AirPort interface since I don't have one, and I'm sure it's easy, but the difference in price between $85 and $199 is only worth it if you were actually getting the 5x faster speed of Airport Extreme, in my opinion.