Support for Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) will not be available for Apple's new AirPort Extreme products until Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" ships (due "by the end of the year"), according to a introduced earlier this week).
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I can't use Airport Extreme because Apple didn't see fit to include PCMCIA cards. I don't care if I don't get the full speed if I can't use WPA to secure my home network. It's the security I want. And I haven't seen any thirdparty vendors stepping in to make a g compatible card that goes INSIDE the computer, making use of the internal antennae, which will work just fine since b and g use the same frequency. No, they all have to have an ugly (and in the way) antenna sticking out the side of the computer.
It's a no-brainer to release such a card. C'mon, vendors, get cracking.
The new Airport software just released lets you use many third party 802.11g Cardbus cards in your laptop. As such - you CAN.
still can't believe apple's making us shell out another $100 a year later. As much as I like a full developed OS...$100?!?!?!?
They don't make you shell out money for the next OS release, you make yourself do that. You can stay on Jaguar, etc. if it has the features you want.
I personally will be buying Panther as soon as it is out because of the additional features that it will have. The cost seems well worth it to _me_.
Apple's internal antenna are weak. Sure it is nice to have everything inside but if you want that, buy a new machine.
A third party cardbus card with 11g support is a better deal. You will get better range than with the internal Apple antenna and it is more inexpensive.
better performance + less money = better deal
No, you can't. Not if you want to make use of the internal antennas in your computer. I'm talking about a card that goes UNDER THE KEYBOARD, not into the PC Card slot. I'll be amazed if you can show me one. I don't want an external antenna.
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bummer...
no panther until christmas :(