can the airport card go in the pc card slot??

[TaiyoT2]

i have noticed that on

http://www.quickertek.com/products.html#whip

that the airport card is inside the pc card slot.
is that really possible and if it does do you think the equipment will work??

 

[hugemullens]

i see no reason to not to belive it. Honestly you can just buy a Wi-Fi card at best buy or somewhere and use it. Most cards have drivers for the Mac. I have no idea where to find them, someone wiser than me should be able to pass that along.

 

[evoluzione]

i guess you can then, but obviously you need an aeriel of some sort as the older powerbooks don't have the antenna built in like the "airport ready" machines do.

 

[rainman::|:|]

An airport card is simply apple's brand of 802.11b interface card, just get one by another company that goes in a PC card slot. Try searching macmall.com, macconnection.com, compusa.com, bestbuy.com... just about any tech store for a mac-compatable wi-fi card...

not really sure what they're showing on the site-- they're selling external antennas but show a 3rd party wifi card in a couple of pics...

btw, a 3rd party wifi card should have a built-in antenna, so you don't *have* to buy an external one... but the range will be better...

pnw

 

[TaiyoT2]

well...

I guess from the people above, I come to a answer of the airport card can go into the pc card slot. But then again instead of buying the product, i should get a pc card and just use that...

just I think I would want to get the antenna. It sounds like from the description I can get better reception ( i mean maybe more then the pc card ).

i have the money so i just might get the antenna that you can stick to the outside of the computer. I was worried if the airport card will get stuck in the pc card slot.