Some people may not believe that a leak on the Swiss Apple Store is an indication of actual product coming down the mountain. "The Swiss don't make mistakes like that," they say. Well, fair enough, but we now have the real deal: the Airport Express with 802.11n is on sale in the US Apple Store.Our retail channel sources told us that the AE would be available by 3/23 or sooner, so looks like "sooner" wins. $99, supports up to 10 connected machines, AirTunes and printer sharing: works for me.
Thanks Mr. X & everyone who sent this in
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
3-17-2008 @ 10:20AM
EclipseEmpire said...
The Apple trend continues... no education discount (personal or institutional) , but at $99 it's still a good deal. Wish it supported AirDisc though.
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3-17-2008 @ 10:28AM
Peter Zich said...
Ordered one this morning, I was about to get an 802.11g Friday, good thing I waited.
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3-17-2008 @ 11:59AM
christapher said...
yeah, i put my 802.11g express on ebay as soon as i read about the swiss one... its still up there... ill give you very special price ;)
3-17-2008 @ 12:04PM
Peter Zich said...
No thanks, I already got the 802.11n, and I had an AS gift card so it was free.
3-17-2008 @ 10:31AM
Ed said...
If you really feel it's necessary to reference stereotypes regarding other countries in your posts (Swiss army knives, accuracy and so on), at least try and write them in a way that makes sense.
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3-17-2008 @ 10:34AM
motech said...
does anyknow know the maximum number of airtunes clients possible on one network if they were all wired at the same time . .
in other words, if i had 8 airport express (all hard wired to network) and 5 apple tv's (again all hard wired to network) - would i be able to stream itunes music to all zones at same time without issue?
i currently have a clients system where i stream up to 7 airtunes zones at once without issue (5 express, 2 apple tv - all hard wired)
i wish apple had better documentation on this instead of me just continuing to buy and try . .
anyone ?
: )
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3-17-2008 @ 3:08PM
Tom said...
5 * 200 (if you bought after price drop) = $1000
8 * 100 = $800
$1800
you could buy a nice receiver and run wires for less
3-17-2008 @ 3:28PM
motech said...
we have nice receivers . .and nice amps . .
your missing the point . .
it acts like as a multi zone music system for whole house audio . . im not gonna get in to the details but basically choose which room you want on and when - all from a "wireless remote"
it does the same thing but way cheaper the sonos or logitech solutions and works perfectly with itunes - which everyone already has . .
3-17-2008 @ 5:20PM
ike said...
If you have 7 working already, I don't think you'll have a problem adding more. You'll be limited by IP addresses (up to 254 addresses depending on your network configuration) and the maximum throughput of your Ethernet switch (although I'm not sure how much bandwidth AirTunes requires).
3-17-2008 @ 6:53PM
motech said...
i guess thats the ultimate question . .
whats airtunes actual limitation ?!
3-17-2008 @ 10:40AM
Tanner Osborn said...
I might be missing something big here, but why is this such a big deal? How is this one different from the first one?
I don't really know anything about the first one... but I thought it was just like the update. Unless it wasn't using wireless N or something...
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3-17-2008 @ 10:45AM
Adam said...
It was using 802.11g before and now they have upgraded the hardware to be 802.11N so that is why people are excited, now it will be much faster!
3-17-2008 @ 11:49AM
Galley said...
Because any "G" devices on an "N" network cause the network to run at "G" speeds.
3-17-2008 @ 3:10PM
Tom said...
not only what the other two said (n speeds are faster), but n can run on 5ghz and so if you live in an apartment building you can get on a clean range and not worry about interference so much
3-17-2008 @ 10:57AM
Mike Conjoice said...
Still doesnt appear to be on the UK store. Is it possible with AirTunes to stream a different song to each Express?
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3-17-2008 @ 1:42PM
robogobo said...
sure, if you have different machines.
3-17-2008 @ 11:34AM
Jonathan said...
ironically, the Swiss store still shows the old airport
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3-17-2008 @ 3:13PM
Tom said...
The Irony Police says:
This may be considered "Situational Irony", and is considered not irony at all by older definitions. This irony was defined by Alanis Morissette.
For more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Situational_irony
3-17-2008 @ 11:36AM
Havoc said...
I have an airport extreme base station....how is this different? or is this just a cheaper smaller more portable version of mine?
I know the extreme has a few more cat5 cable inputs to wire more into a router..but if i'm mainly wireless is there a difference?
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3-18-2008 @ 3:42AM
Beau said...
Hi Havoc,
Yeah, it's a cheaper, smaller version, but its only got one Ethernet port, and can only share Printers.
There is also a maximum of 10 users.
However, it can also stream Audio via iTunes, which is missing from the Extreme.