For anyone with an intel mac
So I was surfing around this morning and came across a few articles talking about Apple charging users with Macbooks or other intel Macs for a software upgrade to unlock wireless 802.11n capabilities, so I was wondering how many of you with these Macs are planning on paying the $2 for it. Apparently they're only charging because law says they have to. If you'd like to read more, check out http://news.com.com/Apple+to+charge+two+bucks+for+faster+Wi-Fi/2100-1044_3-6151281.html?tag=cnetfd.mt
There is nothing listed on Apple's site yet about the charge, just the benefits of the new wireless: http://www.apple.com/wireless/80211/
1 comment:
Considering how many places aren't using the "Wireless N" standard (did that finally get ratified into the new standard, or is the draft just near finalization), you wouldn't notice the speed boost much, if at all, because no one's using that type of connection speed, all the free WiFi places I know are 802.11g, or a couple of old 802.11b.
On the plus side, $2 to unlock that capability isn't too bad, and its nice to know they put in pre-N cards. Just my two cents...sorry I don't have a MacBook to help you with this any further.
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