Core 2 Duo has 802.11n Wireless Card SCOOP

[obirah]

Oh, the title... hm... some Standard "Title3.214b/c"

...caffeine as 1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6(3H,7H)-dione...

I like that name

On topic now: It sounds great that Apple equip the current models to be capable of (I hope) handling the new 802.11n standard.

Now we just have to wait to see if it's true

And in the end - the coolest thing will be to see it all switched to 802.11n in Europe for HotSpots and etc. I really dont like this 3G laptop cards...

 

[aegisdesign]

This isn't necessarily a good thing. The Draft 802.11n standard was rejected back in January because of backward compatibility with 802.11a/b/g networks. 802.11n may work fine when ALL the kit you've got is 802.11n but it's compatibility with older kit is uncertain.

One would hope that if the Broadcom chips in the new Macs are n chips, that they can be modified with firmware/driver updates when the 802.11n spec is ratified and compatibility issues have been worked out.

Personally, unless it works with my Draytek Vigor 2900 router, 802.11n is getting nowhere near my network.

 

[ftaok]

AirPort Exuberant? Expialidocious? Extraterrestrial?

Stan Lee just called in to say, "Airport Excelsior"!

 

[DrFrankTM]

Well, it looks like MacBooks will be updated tomorrow or at least sometime this week. Though have no clue about MacBook Pros.

Hmmm... Where did you get that from? It seems a little out of the blue (and off topic).

EDIT: Ok, MB *Pro* at Photokina (maybe). I thought you were talking about the MB (not Pro) though. As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be any indication that the MB will be updated soon (although they could).

 

[Sam0r]

I think that we'll see 802.11n coming with 10.4.8, which may be why its taking so long?

I'm not sure at all, I'm just speculating. Personally I'd love to see 802.11n being used, then I can finally ditch this damn wire.

I did use 802.11g for a while, but syncing my iPod became a nightmare because my music folder is on a fileserver in the attic.

 

[Digitalclips]

Off topic?

Hmmm... Where did you get that from? It seems a little out of the blue (and off topic).

Maybe he meant the new Macs might have latest wireless cards and info about them? Seems on topic to me! But them I think sideways as well as backwards

 

[DrFrankTM]

Maybe he meant the new Macs might have latest wireless cards and info about them? Seems on topic to me! But them I think sideways as well as backwards

After reading the rest of the thread, it seems that it was what he was hinting at. MBP upgrades soon, probably. MB upgrades soon, I don't have a clue. I'm not convinced we'll see any 'n' goodness before MacWorld, but a new Airport seems to be on its (slow) way, so who knows? It's a smart move from Apple to start creating clients for the iTV (whatever it ends up being called) now.

 

[sparks9]

Whats the big deal? They updated the wireless card, its not core 3 duo or anything.

 

[whenpaulsparks]

Whats the big deal? They updated the wireless card, its not core 3 duo or anything.

because comparing 802.11n to 802.11g is like 6 Mbps broadband to a 56k modem.

 

[4np]

yeah but do you have an 11mb/s connection from your ISP just yet? I admit upfront that I may be completely wrong, I was just under the impression that current wifi speeds between your comp & the access point were/is faster than the connection provide by ISP via your dsl/cable modem.

Once agian, I admit I may have my 'facts' all wrong.

nope, but I got a fileserver sharing digital media

 

[ReanimationLP]

802.11n might not be finalized, but I sell a crapload of N cards and routers.

 

[4np]

Ok. I'm not under the Apple NDA because this was found on my Imac Core 2 Duo 2.33 booting to the new 5728 version of Vista RC1 and I did not purchase the computer through the ADC.

So have a look..This NOT fake!

My apologies if MacRumors gets a nasty letter but I repeat I did not fake this nor did this come from ANY version of OSX.

Can you confirm it is also working as a 801.11n card in Vista using other 801.11n hardware? This would be quite interesting...

I hope the new MacBook Pro's will utilize this new chipset as well

 

[sjk]

Streaming video from computer to computer on your local wireless system requires higher bandwidth than 802.11G.

Wrong. Try doing some research?

 

[EricNau]

Wrong. Try doing some research?

It is not necessarily wrong. It depends on many things, including the quality of the video, the distance between devices, and the software and hardware being used.

 

[sjk]

It is not necessarily wrong. It depends on many things, including the quality of the video, the distance between devices, and the software and hardware being used.

I was objecting to Passante's unconditional "…requires higher bandwidth" claim instead of more clearly stating "…can require higher bandwidth" under certain conditions like those you've mentioned. That difference is a matter of accuracy for the benefit of readers who might otherwise have taking the former statement too literally. Thanks for elaborating it more than I did.

 

[MattDell]

I found this on the iMac's specs page on Apple.com
Look at the top in the middle. Correct if I'm wrong but doesn't that say 802.11g

How come my MacBook Pro connects to my wireless router at 108Mbps?

-Matt

 

[Passante]

I was objecting to Passante's unconditional "…requires higher bandwidth" claim instead of more clearly stating "…can require higher bandwidth" under certain conditions like those you've mentioned. That difference is a matter of accuracy for the benefit of readers who might otherwise have taking the former statement too literally. Thanks for elaborating it more than I did.

What he said!

 

[aegisdesign]

How come my MacBook Pro connects to my wireless router at 108Mbps?

-Matt

Have you got a Super-G router? Those support 108Mbps. It's not 802.11n. It's possible the MBP supports Super-G also.

 

[RobTuck]

How come my MacBook Pro connects to my wireless router at 108Mbps?

-Matt

Which wireless router are you using?

Does anyone know for sure if the MBPs have the same broadcom wireless as the 24" iMacs?

 

[Bill Gates]

Which wireless router are you using?

Does anyone know for sure if the MBPs have the same broadcom wireless as the 24" iMacs?

The MacBook Pro uses an Atheros wireless chipset. Atheros is also the manufacturer of "Super-G 108Mbps" products, so it makes sense for this chipset to support that technology as well.

 

[Rocketman]

True, But yet anther random rumour states that TWO antennaes are now incorporated into Apple hardware too.

It's probably just a rumour

Rocketman

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