Do the 2009 MBP's have better wi-fi than the 2008 umbp?

[Whackintosh]

Got a refurb 15 inch 2.53 mbp and I mostly love it, but the wi-fi is considerably weaker than the wi-fi on my 2007 whitebook (coreduo). Have the newer 2009 MBP machines found a way to get better wi-fi reception? I need to know while I'm still within my 14-day period!

 

[DAMNiatx]

no.

 

[isaaclimdc]

I don't think so. I believe they contain the same chipset. Apple doesn't usually change their network cards in its products. Maybe the refurb piece you got is faulty?

 

[butterfly0fdoom]

Do you ever wonder why the hinge is plastic? Guess where the wi-fi antenna is? Guess what material is good at blocking signals?

 

[Snowbound]

Do you ever wonder why the hinge is plastic? Guess where the wi-fi antenna is? Guess what material is good at blocking signals?

I even mostly know what you're talking about but that's a really obnoxious way to post in a forum.

 

[jkozlow3]

Do you ever wonder why the hinge is plastic? Guess where the wi-fi antenna is? Guess what material is good at blocking signals?

Haha...I never understood why they used aluminum myself. Isn't that why they switched the iPhone 3G to a plastic casing? Then they turned around and made the MacBook aluminum.

 

[AnotherFanBoy]

Do you ever wonder why the hinge is plastic? Guess where the wi-fi antenna is? Guess what material is good at blocking signals?

Guess which poster in this forum made himself look like an ass.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

Guess which poster in this forum made himself look like an ass.

Considering his last sentence wasn't even a question...

 

[MacLovin78]

I could be wrong but I thought the antennae are house in the bezel of the screen and not in the hinge itself.

 

[butterfly0fdoom]

Guess which poster in this forum made himself look like an ass.

Splendid. Just doing my best to help answer something that's constantly being asked here (and where I work, but I can be an ass here and get away with it! Kinda.).

 

[uiop.]

I'm pretty sure they're equally horrid. When I'm on the second level of my house I have to either a) run a 50' ethernet cable to where I am, or b) tether my iPhone 3G. FML.

 

[iLog.Genius]

Stated/proven already. Various reviews (Macworld, Mac Life magazines) already explained that the MacBook's with the plastic body are "king of the wi-fi mountain" and PowerBook/MacBook Pro's wi-fi performance in comparison is rather weak.

There is nothing wrong with your MacBook Pro.