[Cube] Mac mini-- 1 GB memory upgrade = US$425 !!!

[Donald Schwab]

At 10:26 PM 1/12/2005, you wrote:
>Besides, unless you're tossing gigs of data back and forth between your
>own machines (most users don't -- they just email and surf), 11g is
>overkill. Plain ol' dull boring 11b seems to work just fine for the vast
>majority


This is the marketing miracle of the decade.  Airport Extreme or 11g is 
hardly necessary in most cases -- really, only for big file transfers -- 
yet it is selling very well.  And, bargain of bargains, most manufacturers 
of wireless equipment seem to have overstocks of 11b equipment to dump on 
the market.

I was struck by this when I saw (and snapped up) a wireless router with 4 
wired ports, an 11b unit by a respectable firm (Net Gear), for the stiff 
price of $9.95 (after rebate).  It was a no brainer.

I just wish that the wireless manufactures had started making the small, 
portable traveler's wireless routers while they were still doing 
11b!  Heck, I'd go for one of those for, say, even $15.00.

Don