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MacHappytjg

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Mar 24, 2008
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my friend is maybe going to buy an ibook g4 and it seems like the guy whos selling it doesnt have a airport card inside, Since it says add a card, so since he doesnt wanna spend much more for an airport card i told him about usb wireless. So my question is does he have to get a certian usb wireless device or can he just go down to the store and get any ordinary one for pc's?
 
my friend is maybe going to buy an ibook g4 and it seems like the guy whos selling it doesnt have a airport card inside, Since it says add a card, so since he doesnt wanna spend much more for an airport card i told him about usb wireless. So my question is does he have to get a certian usb wireless device or can he just go down to the store and get any ordinary one for pc's?

My advice would be to shop eBay for a used airport card. It's so much nicer to have the card built-in and not have to worry about snapping off or losing a USB dongle. Installing the airport card takes about a minute, too, so that shouldn't be of any concern.
 
My advice would be to shop eBay for a used airport card. It's so much nicer to have the card built-in and not have to worry about snapping off or losing a USB dongle. Installing the airport card takes about a minute, too, so that shouldn't be of any concern.

well yea but for the time being he has a mimo thingy that came with his router but im not sure it works with leopard
 
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