[Cube] AirPort Extreme BS or AirPort Express?

[George Pepper]

Thanks, I get the picture now.  Express allows iTunes to home stereo, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A MODEM.  Guess I'll go with the Extreme Base Station since my Macs are all connected to their own sound systems and having dialup as a backup is nice.

Pep
 
On Tuesday, August 09, 2005, at 07:48AM, csearles at t-online.de <csearles at t-online.de> wrote:

>
>Take a closer look at the specs on Apple's web site. As far as I've
>understood, the Airport Express is essentially an Airport Extreme Base
>Station Lite, i.e. it has the same basic functionality as the Airport
>Extreme BS, but can only handle up to 10 users. In addition, of course,
>it has the iTunes streaming capabilities which is also something someone
>would want more on a home network than in a professional business
>setting.
>
>So, if you're on a home network with less than 10 computers and would
>like to stream your music, go for the Airport Express. It's literally
>that simple.
>
>Chris Searles
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Date: Tue,  9 Aug 2005 14:01:39 +0200
>Subject: [Cube] AirPort Extreme BS or AirPort Express?
>From: George Pepper <pep27 at mac.com>
>To: "A place to discuss Apple's Cube."
><cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
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>Now that I have the Mini, I'm going to replace my old white AirPort Base
>Station (If anybody would like mine, e-mail me offlist).  Should I get
>an Extreme Base Station or the Express?  I can't figure out what the
>advantages or disadvantages for the Express might be: Is it just for
>piping iTunes around?  Not sure I understand the concept.  All of my
>computers have iTunes, so?
>
>Pep
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