[Ti] What is this going to do to Apple, and its laptops?

[Mike Stanley]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Massimo Marino" <Massimo_Marino at lbl.gov>
To: "PowerBook G4 Titanium List" <Titanium at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Ti] What is this going to do to Apple, and its laptops?


> Well, there will be a difference. Apple updated its wireless line with
> Airport Extreme (802.11g). Do you need to change the laptop? nope,
> change the card and use the new standard. You are now instead a
> centrino user. In a couple of years a new standard comes out for
> wireless which allows you to get more (speed, bandwidth, whatever): do
> you change card? Nope, you have to change laptop.

Uh, you might want to recheck that.  If I want an Apple-provided 802.11g
solution I *will* have to change laptops, as they've clearly stated that
there will be no Airport Extreme upgrades for older TiBooks.

So if I want 802.11g I can go with a 3rd party PC Card - which is exactly
what you'd end up doing with one of these Centrino machines.  No difference
whatsoever.