On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
You're seriously suggesting that Apple would ship laptops with a 5' wifi range?
Apple shipped not one iPhone, but TWO iPhone's with a major antenna/ reception issue. If you Google search this issue you can find MANY people having this problem with aluminum PowerBooks. I can attest that I have worked on a 15" 1.67GHz aluminum PowerBook that had this problem, but as Alex suggested, when I downgraded back to Tiger (at the owner's request because Leopard was "too slow"), the reception issue cleared up. I can say for certain it wasn't an antenna issue, but it may be a Leopard software bug issue?
I still think the best solution may be a USB external dongle like this one which is $16 shipped:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/PSP-NDSL-WII-Hi-Gain-USB-Wireless-w-Rp-SMA-Connector-/260656488799 >
NOTE: This one uses the Zydas chipset which is OS X compatible, but it might be better to find something with a Broadcom chipset. Also, Apple has used both Broadcom and Atheros chipsets in their Airport cards. The Atheros are considered to be inferior in terms of range, so if this PowerBook has an Atheros chipset Airport card it might be worth switching to a Broadcom chipset card.
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