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upgrade iMac Duo & MBP to N?

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thestaton

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with the apple tv & the new airport extreme out I'm left thinking what about those of us who have a original Duo iMac & Mac Book Pro.

Or for those who still have impressive G5 systems.

Has apple made any mention about being able to upgrade these?

I would hate to think that we would be forced into buying a new apple just for N.
 
Highly doubtful you're going to be able to upgrade the WiFi cards in those models, as it is not a user serviceable part. And I doubt you'll really need to, in most cases. iTunes videos aren't high enough bitrate (I think) to even saturate a G connection as long as you have good signal quality.

Of course if you decide you do need N, you could just buy a USB adapter for your Mac. No reason to buy a whole new computer.
 
I know I could change out the laptop and the iMac if the cards are in fact replaceable.
 
NightStorm said:
They (or a 3rd party) could release a 802.11n ExpressCard for the MBP Core Duo systems. That's what I'm hoping for anyways.
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If you are on the road it is not like %random% wireless router is going to be an Airport Extreme. Something gives me the feeling that the implementation used by Apple is very vendor specific.
 
While I haven't opened up a C2D MacBook or iMac, weren't the regular Airport Extreme cards in a standardized form-factor, like the original Airport? I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to, in a little bit, buy an off-the-shelf Airport-N card and replace the Airport-G card in your system.
 
adamyoshida said:
While I haven't opened up a C2D MacBook or iMac, weren't the regular Airport Extreme cards in a standardized form-factor, like the original Airport? I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to, in a little bit, buy an off-the-shelf Airport-N card and replace the Airport-G card in your system.
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The 'N' cards require three antennas, and the 'G' ones only have two. At least that is what I have read elsewhere.
 
mrogers said:
Highly doubtful you're going to be able to upgrade the WiFi cards in those models, as it is not a user serviceable part. And I doubt you'll really need to, in most cases. iTunes videos aren't high enough bitrate (I think) to even saturate a G connection as long as you have good signal quality.

Of course if you decide you do need N, you could just buy a USB adapter for your Mac. No reason to buy a whole new computer.
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But then my iMac won't be perfect! :p
 
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