On 7/23/03 7:07 PM, Donald Keenan posted: >On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: > >> When finances permit, I'll look at >> using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook instead of AirPort, since >> that eliminates use of the internal antenna, which is blocked by the >> titanium case. > >Does this mean that a non-Apple wireless card works better with these >'books or just that the new xtreme cards work by bypassing the internal >antenna?
The non-Apple cards don't use the internal antenna; the antenna is on the outer edge of the card. The AirPort Extreme cards only work in newly designed Macs, none of which have titanium shells. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Every day is payday in a labor of love. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
