Comment Re:Apple will lose profits not stability (Score 1) 250
People have been using them in Macs for years, too.
My 1999-model Powerbook predated internal 802.11 support, so I bought a Lucent WaveLAN card. No worries. I also used it in my circa-1997 PowerBook 2400c, again without a problem.
I think the point of the Wired article is that some set of TiBook users have moved beyond using the internal AirPort (tm) cards that are Apple-labeled, and are getting something like 4x the range using high-power 200-milliwatt external cards. Perhaps this will embarrass Apple into fixing the problems their flagship portable has with a technology they popularized...
My 1999-model Powerbook predated internal 802.11 support, so I bought a Lucent WaveLAN card. No worries. I also used it in my circa-1997 PowerBook 2400c, again without a problem.
I think the point of the Wired article is that some set of TiBook users have moved beyond using the internal AirPort (tm) cards that are Apple-labeled, and are getting something like 4x the range using high-power 200-milliwatt external cards. Perhaps this will embarrass Apple into fixing the problems their flagship portable has with a technology they popularized...
