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

[Massimo Marino]

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 09:58 PM, Kynan Shook wrote:

> On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 02:47  PM, Massimo Marino wrote:
>>> I wrote:
>>> FWIW, Centrino will soon ship with one of the faster 802.11 variants 
>>> (I
>>> forget which, but I think g), but the chipset wasn't ready soon 
>>> enough
>>> to be included on the first version.
>>
>> uhm, nope.
>> centrino comes with 802.11b <------- from Intel press release: 
>> http://www.intel.com/products/mobiletechnology/wireless.htm
>
> Yes, I know it comes with 802.11b NOW; I was saying that it will 
> *soon* come out with a faster version, probably g.  This happened 
> because the approval for the standard for g is coming along pretty 
> slowly, so the chipset wasn't finalized in time to include it with 
> this version of Centrino.

Oh, OK. I misinterpreted you in that centrino will be release in the 
next days. I thought you were referring to *that* soon.

Well, when that happens you will *need* to buy a new laptop with 
centrino 802.11g if you want faster access to centrino-certified 
wireless products. Unless the chip is flashable - as pointed out by 
Mike - in that case that would not be the case but I doubt *that* will 
be the case.
Too many 'case' ? :-)

Or unless all that centrino-certified products is all buzz-mercial 
wording but I wonder what those centrino-certified products are. Would 
non centrino users have access at all? "Sorry, you must be on a 
centrino-certified PC to access this service".

PS

reading Intel press one would believe that they invented the whole 
wireless thing.


> Kynan Shook
> kshook at mac.com
> http://homepage.mac.com/kshook/index.html
>
>
Massimo