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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
 Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 20:21:03
Typing this on my new iBook G4. Yipee! 800/12"/640mb... stuck with the 30gb Hard Drive for now though.Seems a nice, tight little machine... not sure about the colour though. Why can't they make them in RED? Now I just gotta get some apps installed (including basilisk of course) and I'll be laughing. Cheers!
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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 22:54:56
BTW, does anyone know if airport extreme is compatible with the original airport? Not the protocols, but the actual hardware.The reason I ask is 'cause the ibook supports airport extreme, and I've got an original airport card lying around. A recipe for sparks & smoke or for untethered freedom? Cheers!
CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn "What Microsoft has got in there is a grotesque, badly-documented pile of poo it doesn't fully understand itself." - The Register, 23/8/02 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 23:43:29
recipe for smoke and etc etc.I think anyway... an airport extreme card shouldn't cost too much... Welcome, to G4dom  I wouldn't mind seeing a red laptop  Official 68k videographer
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redrouteone
Junior Member
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 23:48:44
Nope they are not. If I recall correctly the Airport uses a PC Card format and the Airport Extreme uses a Mini-PCI format.--Eric
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
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Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 01:18:06
yeah, something like that. Airport was a bit more like PCMCIA, whereas Airport Extreme has a slot a bit mroe lieka PCI slot.Official 68k videographer
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Alcina
Starting Member
United Kingdom
15 Posts |
Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 02:23:13
Wooot! Congratulations on the new iBook!  You could always paint it red! Hopefully a 12" TiBook will be in my sweaty little hands tomorrow! Feeling all tingly in anticipation! Yup the Extreme card only fits in the newer machines, the old non-extreme card only fits in the older machines. Completely different connectors. And despite the old card looking like it's a PCMCIA/PCCardBus, it isn't, so you can't shove it in your PCCardBus slot. Sorry. You could sell it on eBay or somewhere particularly if you have the adapter card (so it can go in a desktop machine) - those with older machines (powerbooks, ibooks, imacs, g3s, g4s) can only use the old sort - which you can no longer easily buy. Alcina
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