Advantages: Extremely quick internet access, stylish, great for iPhones Disadvantages: Expensive
**What Is It?**
The Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n) is one of the newest wireless internet devices by Apple. This is the upgrade of the original Apple Airport, and is much more powerful. **Why Buy It?**
I bought it mainly for the computer, I had never used a wireless router before but had heard they were very good and efficient. But another big reason we bought it was because we have an iPhone, so it would allow us access to the internet ... ...Airport Extreme from the actual Apple shop in Glasgow. There are Apple shops scattered around the UK but they are very limited and only in the biggest cities like London, Birmingham and Glasgow. If you are seriously thinking of purchasing the Airport Extreme then the best way in my opinion is online at www.apple.com/uk/thestore There you can find more of the technical information and find out if it is really for you or not. Other sites also offer ...
scotlandizdabest 07.02.2008
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Advantages: Quick to set up, Mac & PC compatible, good range Disadvantages: Issues with the 802.11n draft compatibility with other brand PC Wireless cards.
...used every version of the Apple Airport systems over the years and even though I had a fully working dome shaped Airport Extreme (the previous generation) I decided to buy the new one when I bought my new PowerBook Pro Laptop as it used the n draft connect (more on this later). In the box... you get a the airport base station, CD with AirPort Utility (Mac and Windows), 802.11n Enabler for Core 2 Duo and Xeon-based Macintosh computers (except 17-inch ... ...to set up, very reliable, Apple support is good, Apple forum also very helpful, personally I think it's good value for money but I'm hardened to the price of Apple products unlike the average PC user. Bad points...
These are the niggly points, works with most external storage hard drives but there are a few that just don't like the Base Station, so it's worth checking out forums before buying if you wish to connect up to a particular one. I found ...
moosemac 27.09.2007
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