New Airport Card in Intel iMacs?

[Grasbak]

I read somewhere there is a new Airport Card in the new iMacs.... is it newer than my RevC G5 iMac?

What is the difference?

 

[robbieduncan]

It's a mini PCI express card as oposed to the old mini PCI cards (at least in the MBP). The end result is pretty much the same.

 

[Grasbak]

Cool. I thought I had read that the new card is ready to handle the new wireless standard - "n"?

 

[robbieduncan]

Cool. I thought I had read that the new card is ready to handle the new wireless standard - "n"?

It's can't do N. It is possible that an N card will be released which will fit the new slot as it is more or less a standard (in terms of connection and size).

 

[Anonymous Freak]

One big problem...

One big problem is that the new card isn't as easy to get to as the older ones were. This means that to replace the card will pretty much require a trip to your local Apple Authorized Service Center.

 

[Bunsen Burner]

The old Airport cards (both original and Extreme) were Broadcom chip based and are b and g (Extreme only) compatible. The Intel Mac Airport cards are Atheros chipped and are a, b, and g compatible.

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