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Apple Dropping "AirPort" for "Wi-Fi"
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Good! I remember getting my first Mac after a smidgen of research. When it said "connect via Airport" (or something similar) I thought I was supposed to use this option to connect to airport wifi. Derp.
WiFi is good. It is the name for. (well the name the public has adopted)
WiFi is good. It is the name for. (well the name the public has adopted)
I could not agree more, you are so right. However, Apple's obsession with over the top exaggeration and marketing slang that they make up is beyond anything that other companies practice.
For example: "Thunderbolt" Wow how impressive...... NOT!
Yes I know it's faster than USB, but no way as fast as it was supposed to be if they would have left it alone. The technology is based on Fiber Optic cable instead of an old school copper wire. The patent clearly says, fiber, with the proper nomenclature of "Light Peak". Do you suppose that Apple could leave it alone? Nope, they are too full of themselves...
Silly me, I forgot... it's "Magical and Revolutionary"
When it's Steve's turn to leave, they better have David Copperfield as his replacement, otherwise Apple's in deep crap.
ha...ha...ha...
Aww, I liked Airport. It was unique. Now we'll have boring old WiFi like every other Win7 computer out there 
Well... The current implementation is using copper, not fiber optics. And the Thunderbolt name is used by Intel as well as Apple.
Light Peak was just the working title.
it'll be interesting to see what name the base stations get if they undergo a re-branding. i just don't see a good cohesive option right now.
I like AirPort
Me too, I guess they have to cater to the pea brains who cant understand a new word
An admirable decision. The minute you think of AirPort you think of aircraft, at first it doesn't really make sense, and I imagine that's the case for people new to Mac. This name change could hint at a discontinuation of AirPort base stations as aforementioned, or at least the title. And since we're talking "back to the Mac", iOS never used the name "AirPort" for it's Wi-Fi options.
Well, they have a point. The term is WLAN where WiFi is a selected subset of standards, and the name WiFi does not belong to LinkSys once it is a subset of WLAN. So let them sue, I just hope that Apple has resources to change their Socket 4.2 interface to make "lingering" and KeepAlive" standard options as long as the routers are all made to the Windows Winsock implemenation with omissions and errors.
Then Skype will work on my MacBook on WLAN/"Airport".
It's a third party app called "iStat Menus"
It used to be free, but it has recently become shareware...
Linksys is not a company... just a line of routers manufactured by Cisco. And Cisco has yet to prosecute anyone for using the term "WiFi"...
That guy was just kidding, man. No one is suing anyone over the term WiFi.
Do you still think the same now?
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If a PC user can't change his mind when he comes to using a Mac, then he better has to stay with his crappy PC!
AirPort was a word, while Wi-Fi is a word made with 2 letters of 2 words, that doesn't make it a word by itself! The fact is, Wi-Fi is an abbreviation (and an ugly one) while AirPort was clearly nicer to say.
It's a port and it works over the air. Perfect. Whereas 'Wi-Fi' is meaningless, just a putting together of 'Wireless' (that's fine) and 'Fidelity' as in 'Hi-Fi' (erm...). The change from the AirPort branding had to come eventually, but AirPort is definitely the better name.
I had a similar discussion with someone on another message board, a PC user. When I mentioned AirPort he disparagingly said, "Is that what Apple is calling Wi-Fi now?". I had to be polite and point out that 'AirPort' actually predates 'Wi-Fi' and the technology itself is another example of a 'PC' standard that was actually popularised by the Mac platform (you know, just like USB, DVD writers, the trackpad...).
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I vote iFi
I vote iFi
Are you joking?!? what the heck?
How do you think wireless keyboards and mice work? Magic?
Whatever lab you're in I really don't want to be affiliated with. No money for batteries? That's sad