Also hidden away in the Airport Extreme revision are software enablers, included with the base station, to field-upgrade the wireless cards in some currently-shipping Macs to support 802.11n, no hardware changes necessary -- we suspected that something like this was in the works. Per Apple's 802.11 page:
These Mac computers support 802.11n in the new AirPort Extreme Base Station using the included enabler software:
- iMac with Intel Core 2 Duo (except 17-inch, 1.83GHz iMac)
- MacBook with Intel Core 2 Duo
- MacBook Pro with Intel Core 2 Duo
- Mac Pro with AirPort Extreme card option
Thanks Jeff L. and everyone who sent this in.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-09-2007 @ 3:10PM
sam said...
best part... this device's usb acts like a wireless USB. hook up a hub and your other usb devices and there you go... shared access to hard drives printers and the works, plus it's wireless. i like. i like a lot. this, besides that $$$$$$$ phone, is the best thing from macworld!
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1-09-2007 @ 4:17PM
Dave said...
This is pretty cool. Sucks that I just bought a Belkin one for $60 off ebay.
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1-09-2007 @ 4:20PM
kontorhotel said...
I am in love again..Steve and his team is just so damn cool... these new products kick so much xxx.. I will buy them all... Cant wait for the iphone.. it looks 10 times cooler than i expected..
Love it... mac u r the man... (-:
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1-09-2007 @ 5:04PM
mtw300 said...
Aww... they sneaked in 802.11n airports in the new macbooks.. Any way to upgrade mine?
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1-09-2007 @ 5:35PM
Jason Bush said...
Well quickly comparing CD to C2D the APX cards are incompatible from the start. The CD has two leads coming out of it. The C2D has three. So a straight swap won't work. I was considering odering the APX service part from C2D
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1-09-2007 @ 10:09PM
Fred said...
Do you mean when/if?
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1-19-2007 @ 6:17PM
websyndicate said...
I so hope there is an upgrade for us macbook core duo users. I would love to have wireless N.
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