AirportExtreme out of stock in UK ?why

[Zedder the Dog!]

any one any idea why i cant get hold of an airport extreme?
apple uk state 1-2 weeks
macwarehouse is out so is dabs?
is there an update coming?

 

[zentient]

I'd like to second your question. In the Netherlands it's 2-3 weeks wait. I'd like to order one right now, but I don't know how likely an update is. Does anyone have an answer?

 

[Zedder the Dog!]

rumours of updates

see
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1135390.html
i have found someone else talking about it.
they link to a Appleinsider article about apple Australia doing a deal with an ISP or 3G carrier so either
Airport Extremes or Expresses with ADSL modems in (I would love that - want to get rid of my BT homehub) or with a 3G card in so that i can surf anywhere????

see http://www.appleinsider.com/article...wired_airport_express_bundle_for_aussies.html

 

[zentient]

Thanks for the heads-up Zedder. I was ready to pull the trigger on an AP Extreme, but now I'm hesitating (even though the rumor really only talks about an AP Express bundle deal.)

 

[Zedder the Dog!]

yes - reading it again minus a bottle of wine in my system its not as exciting as i first thought but i too was about to buy an AEBS and it wont hurt to wait a couple of tuesdays.

 

[bubbamike]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/02/apple_ready_with_new_time_capsules_airport_extremes.html

 

[Zedder the Dog!]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/02/apple_ready_with_new_time_capsules_airport_extremes.html

thanks for this. this is probably exactly what i need. basically i want to use wifi on my iphone in the garden (i have a big garden). at the moment i have 2 b/g airport expresses one in the house and one in a shed about a 1/3 of the way into the garden talking to each other in a WDS setup. (i have power to the shed but no ethernet - the things you wish you had done!) any way i have managed to get this working and can happily sit in the garden on wifi - unfortunately the signal strength is not great and atomspherically dependant - using the client monitor in airport utility i sometimes get a rate of 11 but often its down to 5 3 even 1. i was hoping to swap the AEs for a AEBS and a AE n config which had greater range and use the n extension function rather than the WDS one - however didnt realise this meant i couldnt talk to the AE with my iphone. so this upgrade looks the one for me. I could have gone for 2 AEs but the AEBS gives me the usb hard disk option and i can redeploy by existing AEs to other locations.

 

[Saladinos]

thanks for this. this is probably exactly what i need. basically i want to use wifi on my iphone in the garden (i have a big garden). at the moment i have 2 b/g airport expresses one in the house and one in a shed about a 1/3 of the way into the garden talking to each other in a WDS setup. (i have power to the shed but no ethernet - the things you wish you had done!) any way i have managed to get this working and can happily sit in the garden on wifi - unfortunately the signal strength is not great and atomspherically dependant - using the client monitor in airport utility i sometimes get a rate of 11 but often its down to 5 3 even 1. i was hoping to swap the AEs for a AEBS and a AE n config which had greater range and use the n extension function rather than the WDS one - however didnt realise this meant i couldnt talk to the AE with my iphone. so this upgrade looks the one for me. I could have gone for 2 AEs but the AEBS gives me the usb hard disk option and i can redeploy by existing AEs to other locations.

2.4Ghz WiFi can get absorbed by water. Switch to 5Ghz.

 

[zentient]

Yeah, so if you put your AE under water, be sure to switch to 5 GHz first.

Seriously though, thanks for sharing this news bubbamike; based on this news, I'll wait a bit longer before pushing any order buttons. I have a well-developed patience muscle now thanks to waiting for the 17" MBP to surface for roughly a year.

 

[Zedder the Dog!]

Yeah, so if you put your AE under water, be sure to switch to 5 GHz first.

Seriously though, thanks for sharing this news bubbamike; based on this news, I'll wait a bit longer before pushing any order buttons. I have a well-developed patience muscle now thanks to waiting for the 17" MBP to surface for roughly a year.

unbelievably they are out!! with remote access as well yipeee!
might go for a TC

 

[zentient]

Unbelievably indeed! Pinch me. Apple has moved Christmas to Spring!
New AE's, new iMacs, new Mini, new... everything.