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03/17/2008, 9:00am, EDT
Monday, March 17th
Apple makes AirPort Express update official
Confirming some earlier rumors, Apple has officially updated the AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n Wi-Fi. The technology is claimed to be as much as five times faster than the 802.11g used on the previous generation of AirPort, with twice the range. The update compliments 802.11n upgrades to other Apple products, including the AirPort Extreme router and its most recent Mac computers.
The Express Base Station costs $99, and is used mainly to create simple wireless networks; ports are present for USB 2.0 and 10/100 Ethernet connections, as well as audio output through a stereo minijack. This lets users stream iTunes music directly to speakers in a remote location.
Filed under: peripherals, networking, Apple
Other story tags: AirPort, AirPort Express
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This is excellent news!!!
The AirPort Express is not configured to tell an AirPort Extreme Base Station how lovely it looks today :)
I wonder why all of the cutting educational discounts like Apple products are somehow affordable for poor college and graduate students. A mere $13 off of Leopard is barely a discount at all. In fact, Amazon was offering a better price for everyone than Apple was to its education students.
Probably due to the fact they have a larger market share, so they don't feel the need to try to pander to the education market to drum up sales.
However, keep in mind that the actual institutions still get good discounts, IIUC.
Anyway, have you seen Apple's financial's lately? They're barely squeaking by as it is. This is all probably part of some bigger belt-tightening they're doing to stay afloat.