Interesting iMac development!!

Re: Interesting iMac development!!

Although I think the iMacs will be updated soon, this isn't a sign of it because on the 1st page of the iMac (where you choose the memory, HD, etc.) you still select a "classic" airport card for $79 (the new discounted price for the old airport), and the Airport Extreme bases are being offered since apple has discontinued the "classic" airport bases.

[EDIT] I was just reading the 1st post again, and Apple calls the CAT5 network cablin "expensive." Where do they buy this cable, I have found it to be really cheap. I assume its just marketing "extending" the truth.

 

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Yeah, the Apple store makes CAT5 cable seem like it costs a fortune. I mean if you string it all over your house, yeah it's gonna cost a lot, but a connection in another room should be cheaper than $300 worth of airport equipment (for a single card/station).

Anyway, back to the subject. I really hope they don't release some blowout spec iMac right like tomorrow, since I JUST bought one on the classified board...today.

This kind of crap always happens to me.

 

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What really matters is the performance....I would be totally happy with any iMac FP, I would only be pissed if the price went down substantially, but I am sure you got a much better deal that anything Apple can do, since you didn't have to pay sales tax on your used iMac.
Also, can someone tell my why one would get the base station since an AirPort card (and persumably the AirPort Exteme card) can act as a base station...
[EDIT] I just answered my own question, if the connection is in an inconvienet place, I geuss would be why you would get a basestation instead of using a card as a server....just ignore that last question.

 

In larger networks, even when ordering in bulk, good shielded CAT-5 is indeed rather expensive. Throw in hubs, cost of laying cable, manpower, and Airport is a much cheaper solution, at least some of the time...

pnw

 

But who wants to lay cable all around your house or office? What if the cable port is not in the room you want the computer? In those cases either you have to put a new port in the room ($$$$) or string wire everyplace (ugly). Wireless is elegent.

 

What's the distance for Airport? K, buy that footage in cable, then buy hubs for every room, then make it look as nice. I bought a 30ft and it was about $40 IIRC. That won't reach into my kitchen, let alone the 2 bedrooms down the hall.

So no, Apple isn't exagerating anything when you really think about what they are saying.

 

When you consider an older building that has not already been wired with Ethernet cables, the cost is enormous. This makes wireless networking a very cost-effective alternative.

 

Anybody know if there is a way to get an old iMac to work with airport extreme?

 

can't be done.

different physical interface.

wait for someone to do a external usb/fw connector...

 

Airport based systems will talk to Airport Extreme base stations. Just that the maximum speed will be the Airport speed of 11megabits per second.

 

Airport Extreme on Older Macs

It will probally be possible in a couple of years....

Just like the current USB wireless NICs for macs, they will probally come out with an 11g version. Albeit Probally USB2.0 or Firewire.

TEG

 

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Yeah, to be able to actually use the 54Mbs, it would have to be connected through FireWire or some other highspeed standard since USB 1.0/1.1 is only 11Mbps