[Ti] Antennas for the TiBook

[Erik Gaderlund]

At 17:52 -0700 04/08/03, Mark Booth wrote:
>At 5:12 PM -0700 4/8/03, Erik Gaderlund wrote:
>>Found this off the xlr8yourmac.com site:
>>http://www.quickertek.com/
>>
>>looks interesting, anyone know anything more?
>
>You can buy an 802.11b PC Card for about $30.  It would sit in the PC Card
>slot the same way the Ti Antenna does and would be easily removable to use
>your card slot for other purposes.  The 802.11b PC Card's are available
>with the same type of "stubby" antenna on the end as seen in the Ti
>Antenna.  They provide enhanced range over the Airport card due to the
>antenna hanging outside the case like that.
>
>To top it off, you could then sell your Airport card or use it in another
>computer.
>
>I don't think there will be much of a market for these two antennas.  Are
>you sure it's not a late April Fools joke?

Well, now that you mention it, it is a rather expensive addition ($80 
for the whip antenna), but, you would get the added assurance that 
the Airport card would be supported by Apple, and wouldn't be subject 
to the whims of support for 3rd party cards.

erik g