[X4U] Apples Airport worth the extra cost?

[eleventhvolume]

> Keep in mind that the user feedback on failure is self-selecting. By
> that, I mean that the people, like me, who don't have problems, don't
> post. I've had an Airport Express for a couple of years now which I
> bought as an "open box" item at my local Micro Centre. I've never had
> a problem with it. I mostly use it for streaming music. I have my JBL
> Creatures plugged into it and stream the music from my Powerbook.
> Much nicer than having the speakers plugged into the laptop itself.
> My only problem with the unit is that, if it gets knocked off the
> network for some reason, I tend to have to do a hard reset to get it
> functioning again.

Fair enough, but it's not just the product page that reports problems. The
unit has a reputation for frequent failure that I've encountered on a number
of mac-centric sites and blogs.

ATB, Colin.