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AirPort Express ships, over 80,000 pre-orders

updated 09:55 am EDT, Wed July 14, 2004

AirPort Express ships


Apple today officially announced that it has begun shipping , after MacNN first reported shipments of the device yesterday. The 802.11g mobile base station features wireless Internet connections and USB printing as well as analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to a home stereo: "With over 80,000 pre-orders, AirPort Express is off to a great start as the first 802.11g mobile base station for Mac and PC users," said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With the breakthrough AirTunes feature, music lovers can now listen to their iTunes music collection streamed wirelessly to a stereo located anywhere in their home." It is available for $130.


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  1. Leo the 3rd

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    07/14, 10:18am | report spam | Reply |

    On the way

    Well I just happen to check the FedEx site and found that my AirPort Express is out for delivery this morning. Wow that was fast! I'll have something to play with later this evening.

  1. Feeling_Macish

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    07/14, 10:28am | report spam | Reply |

    Can anyone tell me

    I want to get onto a network where I freelance, but there are no wireless base stations or extra RJ45 connection points. Can I use Airport Express as a passthrough on the back of an existing hard-wired desktop machine (allowing that machine to continue to get its network signal at its regular speed) and providing a wireless DHCP access point to my nearby laptop? I would order one right now if I knew it could do this.

  1. macnn2

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    07/14, 10:31am | report spam | Reply |

    same here

    Mine has been delivered. Now I have to get through this day somehow!

  1. koolkid1976

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    07/14, 10:56am | report spam | Reply |

    80,000 Pre-orders?

    Isn't that 10million 400 thousand dollars? Then why does Apple still apply premium price to their computers? Wouldn't a cheap iMac result in tons of pre-orders and lots more money?

  1. testudo

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    07/14, 11:02am | report spam | Reply |

    Re: 80000

    Well, you're making the assumption that this product isn't overpriced, which some say it still is, for all its limitations. Some would also say it shows the gullibility of Mac users who'll buy anything made by apple (oooh, iTunes to my stereo, and to think before I used to just hook up my laptop or iPod to the stereo directly - man I feel like a loser without this!).

  1. SomeToast

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    07/14, 12:05pm | report spam | Reply |

    Re: 80000

    Well, you're making the assumption that this product isn't overpriced, which some say it still is, for all its limitations.

    This has nothing to do with what the poster was saying.

    (oooh, iTunes to my stereo, and to think before I used to just hook up my laptop or iPod to the stereo directly - man I feel like a loser without this!)

    AirTunes is just one of Airport Express' numerous functions, but you know that already.

  1. klinux

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    07/14, 12:33pm | report spam | Reply |

    Hope

    Let's just hope Apple can deliver on all of its orders.

  1. testudo

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    07/14, 12:47pm | report spam | Reply |

    Re: 80000

    Well, you're making the assumption that this product isn't overpriced, which some say it still is, for all its limitations.

    This has nothing to do with what the poster was saying.

    Actually, its exactly what he was saying. He stated, "Then why does Apple still apply premium price to their computers? Wouldn't a cheap iMac result in tons of pre-orders and lots more money?". This implies that AE is not overpriced (or premium priced), and 80000 is a large amount, and just think if they had an imac for a non-premium price (oh, wait, they do, its called an eMac) they'd have a boatload of pre-orders (oh, wait, when the iMac2 came out, it did have a boatload of pre-orders).

    As for the iTunes comment, I mention that only because, for some completely odd reason, that seemed to be what Apple's announcement pushed, more than the "hey, you can shove this in your carry-on bag, plug it into an outlet in your hotel room, plug in a network cable, and laptop while sitting on your balcony sipping margarita, rather than at the uncomfortable and small desk in the room", but they didn't. Who knows why (and a lot of people were oohing over the iTunes thing, as well, getting giddy on the whole transmitting 'lossless' recording, which is only good if your iTunes collection is in lossless format, sucks for the rest of us who actually want to store more than 10 albums on our computer at a time).

  1. 010111

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    07/14, 05:05pm | report spam | Reply |

    except...

    it converts your MP3/AAC files in real time to Lossless in order to stream to the device. in no way and in no literature that i have read does it say or imply that your entire music collection has to be in Lossless format in order to use the streaming function. as that would be retarded.

    in fact... oddly enough... most of it actually says what i just said. so that is why people 'get giddy' over it. they read how it actually works and understand the concept involved in the streaming process.

    i'm more curious how the AEx handles hotel connections that require an actual browser-page click through. wayport for instance can tell if the machine you are on has a non-wayport assigned IP address (via NAT / DHCP) and says they 'can't determine your location on the network'... and basically you can't connect. unless of course it acts as a straight pass-through device like some of the older D-Link APs.

  1. Feeling_Macish

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    07/14, 06:11pm | report spam | Reply |

    Please?

    Still waiting for someone to answer this:

    I want to get onto a network where I freelance, but there are no wireless base stations or extra RJ45 connection points. Can I use Airport Express as a passthrough on the back of an existing hard-wired desktop machine (allowing that machine to continue to get its network signal at its regular speed) and providing a wireless DHCP access point to my nearby laptop? I would order one right now if I knew it could do this.

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