aircards for macs

[Jack Rodgers]

Sprint has just added a new PC Card device for connecting your laptop 
with their service. ...and, it doesn't work with a Mac. Someone posted 
a script for the Merlin and Jaguar which I haven't tested.

How much longer will Apple continue to ignore the Powerbook users 
desire to plug a card into the PC Card slot and log onto their 
provider? It has been years now that we have been unable to use the 
slot for that purpose.

Apple should do one of the following:

Provide drivers for the Aircard(s), Merlins and other such devices so 
that PowerBook users can use them.

Pay the manufacturers to provide such drivers.

Pay UNIX programmers to provide such drivers.

Buy the company that produces Aircard if they won't produce the drivers 
and then write the Mac drivers.

Create a superior PC Card for the Mac that will dial into any and all 
cellular providers and provide the soon to arrive ethernet speeds.

Time for Apple (or someone) to do any or all of the above. An Apple 
branded cellular card (for Sprint) would be cool.

Any one out there whose made a few million or billion out of our Apple 
purchases who wants to give us a cellular card that works with our 
Macs? My estimate is that 1,000,000 would be sold in the first 60 
days...   :)

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