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Wi-Fi: HP hops on the Apple bandwagon by adopting 802.11g
By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac
March 31st 2003
World's largest PC manufacturer declares 802.11g the standard.
In the wake of Apple's introduction of Airport Extreme, aka 802.11g, at MacWorld San
Francisco in January this year, the biggest PC manufacturer, Hewlett-Packard, has
opted to jump onto the 54Mbps Wi-Fi bandwagon.
HP will incorporate 802.11g into two of its Presario (marketed under the Compaq brand
name) notebooks. The Presario 2100 and 2500 notebooks will feature support for the new
Wi-Fi standard, reports ZDNet UK.
By contrast, Intel is pushing the 802.11a standard, which boasts comparable
performance to 802.11g. Intel also argues that 802.11a is a technically superior
standard. However, Apple touts 802.11g's backward-compatibility with the earlier
802.11b standard, which has been deployed widely. 802.11b supports up to 11Mbps only.
Analysis: Apple took a risk with its early adoption of 802.11g but, as ever, Apple
leads and the industry follows. It's possible we could wind up with two competing
standards, like DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW. But Apple's decision regarding the importance
of backward-compatibility makes/made sense, given the widespread use of Macs in
education, already equipped with the original 802.11b Airport standard. We can't see
too many schools wanting to scrap existing 802.11b equipment in order to make a huge
investment and technical migration to 802.11a gear. Can you?
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