rogersmj.com— Screenshots of the Device Manager from the latest build of Vista installed on a Core 2 Duo iMac reveal that the built-in wireless card is identified as a Broadcom 802.11n part. Click on for screenshot.
Sep 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
Why say that when 802.11n might never be ratified? Thats like saying your device uses Blu-Ray before Blu-Ray even has a chance to live/die...oh...wait....:)
inaccurate.just because you see a device identified as something, it doesn't mean you have the hardware.do you honestly think apple will sell you something with such a feature and not advertise it?until you show me the chipset supporting it i'm calling bulls**t.
hey i have been looking for a laptop for a while now, i know the imac isnt a laptop :P but the ASUS U5F is a great laptop, just incase anyone is looking, its RRP $2500 and it has wireless N. anyways its a greap laptop that i hope i can get soon. posting this just because i would like people to tell me of great stuff, because i was about to by a macbook, then i found this.
This was actually the same tactic I saw on the Wii. On the website it says "802.11" but never specified g or n (or god forbid b). 802.11n was SUPPOSED to be ratified by now but from what I heard/read is that it was having difficulty with interferring with the already present g standards so they were tweaking it some. Also, someone stated above that it is scheduled to be ratified now but it was also scheduled to be ratified summer this year too.I even laughed 2 months back when I saw BestBuy had routers specifying that it would do 802.11n. I then was like "Wait, why am I laughing, what the hell happened here?". That's when I ran to the computer to find that it hadn't been passed by the ISO (Isn't it the ISO that takes care of this one... so many f'ing standard organizations i get them confuzzled). Upon reading the fine print it said it was based upon specifications that THEY felt were going to be passed. I think they changed since then so I'd hate to have gotten stuck with that router if it wont work.In other news. Does anyone really care if this has n or not? It wont be widely used for quite some time as wireless networks are just now rolling out g in a widespread manner. I forget off the top of my head but isn't g and n nonintercompatible?
No they will have a base station released as well. So you will have to buy an 802.11n router at the same time as your iTV. I'd love to have an excuse to upgrade my Mac though.
This is what is showing up on the new iMac C2Ds:Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x87)Wireless Card Locale: USAWireless Card Firmware Version: 4.80.46.0
spaceport xprize whatever???the next gen airport should be iairproHD;-) just kiddin.... i think normal people where always confused by the aiport title for the apple wifi, so a name change wouldn't be a bad thing... i like airpro or macwifi or something like this, something easy to understand what it's about, that's what apple always was about, right???
greatcaffeineSep 24, 2006
Ahh, if only my MacBook Pro had it...
sgndaveSep 25, 2006
@StarManta... not quite. WiMAX is 802.16.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimax">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimax</a> , in case you were curious.
virtualballSep 25, 2006
Why say that when 802.11n might never be ratified? Thats like saying your device uses Blu-Ray before Blu-Ray even has a chance to live/die...oh...wait....:)
Closed AccountSep 25, 2006
inaccurate.just because you see a device identified as something, it doesn't mean you have the hardware.do you honestly think apple will sell you something with such a feature and not advertise it?until you show me the chipset supporting it i'm calling bulls**t.
Closed AccountSep 25, 2006
hey i have been looking for a laptop for a while now, i know the imac isnt a laptop :P but the ASUS U5F is a great laptop, just incase anyone is looking, its RRP $2500 and it has wireless N. anyways its a greap laptop that i hope i can get soon. posting this just because i would like people to tell me of great stuff, because i was about to by a macbook, then i found this.
suplyndmndSep 25, 2006
This was actually the same tactic I saw on the Wii. On the website it says "802.11" but never specified g or n (or god forbid b). 802.11n was SUPPOSED to be ratified by now but from what I heard/read is that it was having difficulty with interferring with the already present g standards so they were tweaking it some. Also, someone stated above that it is scheduled to be ratified now but it was also scheduled to be ratified summer this year too.I even laughed 2 months back when I saw BestBuy had routers specifying that it would do 802.11n. I then was like "Wait, why am I laughing, what the hell happened here?". That's when I ran to the computer to find that it hadn't been passed by the ISO (Isn't it the ISO that takes care of this one... so many f'ing standard organizations i get them confuzzled). Upon reading the fine print it said it was based upon specifications that THEY felt were going to be passed. I think they changed since then so I'd hate to have gotten stuck with that router if it wont work.In other news. Does anyone really care if this has n or not? It wont be widely used for quite some time as wireless networks are just now rolling out g in a widespread manner. I forget off the top of my head but isn't g and n nonintercompatible?
Closed AccountSep 25, 2006
My guesses.. Airport AV, TV or HD.
danielwsmitheeSep 25, 2006
No they will have a base station released as well. So you will have to buy an 802.11n router at the same time as your iTV. I'd love to have an excuse to upgrade my Mac though.
micvogSep 25, 2006
This is what is showing up on the new iMac C2Ds:Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x87)Wireless Card Locale: USAWireless Card Firmware Version: 4.80.46.0
danieleranSep 26, 2006
well its the wikipedia, so go ahead and change it to July 4, 2003.
mingistechSep 27, 2006
i guess he doesn't know how to use Print Screen.
smokeonitNov 5, 2006
spaceport xprize whatever???the next gen airport should be iairproHD;-) just kiddin.... i think normal people where always confused by the aiport title for the apple wifi, so a name change wouldn't be a bad thing... i like airpro or macwifi or something like this, something easy to understand what it's about, that's what apple always was about, right???