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New iMac, MacBook Pro support 450 Mbit/sec Wi-Fi

HardMac is reporting that the newest iMacs released this week support up to 450 Mbit/sec Wi-Fi, following in the footsteps of the latest MacBook Pros. To accomplish this, Apple added a third antenna to the machines. Each antenna is capable of a data rate of 150 Mbit/sec. Combined, the three antennas achieve the 450 Mbit/sec speeds using the multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) wireless standard.

MacRumors notes that in order to actually take advantage of the 450 Mbit/sec speed, you'll need to have a compatible wireless router, such as the latest AirPort Extreme or TimeCapsule, and be sure the settings are configured to use both the 5 GHz band and also the use of wide channels.

UPDATE: As noted by AppleInsider, the newest iMacs and MacBook Pros must be running a developer build of Lion to take advantage of the 450 Mbit/sec speeds. Non-devs will need to wait until you update your machines to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion when it is released later this summer.



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Philipp

AppleInsider is wrong. The new MBP support 450 MBit/s with the newest build of Snow Leopard (see the discussion thread at AppleInsider for screenshots which prove this). Don't know why they think that it only works with Lion...

May 06 2011 at 11:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Erik

Any other wireless routers you would recommend to work well with my new iMac? Maybe the Cisco E4200 (http://amzn.to/jjYI8W) or the TRENDnet TEW-692GR?

May 06 2011 at 7:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Michael Bushnell

I just got the E4200 yesterday. This is just purely anecdotal, but it does seem to have longer range than my old Airport Extreme. The router is in a back room of the apartment, and I can now get decent signal while sitting on my couch in the den whereas with the AE I could not.

May 06 2011 at 7:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Peter Andrén

How do you configured to use both the 5 GHz band and also the use of wide channels?

May 06 2011 at 6:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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mauigeek

Any idea how to tell if your Airport Extreme or Time Capsule is compatible?

May 06 2011 at 6:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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