AirPort Extreme Disassembly Guide and Benchmarks

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AirPort Extreme Disassembly Guide and Benchmarks
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Posted by: Glenn

iFixit has posted a disassembly guide and benchmarks for the new 802.11n AirPort Extreme base station. According to Kyle from iFixit, "The new base station is amazing. We achieved a 10x performance boost, and a 3x usable range increase! Long range testing was equally impressive. At 300 feet (with a building in the way), we reached transfer rates of 500 KB/s." Mac mini enthusiasts will also find the method of opening the base station of interest. To open the base station, you must peel off a rubber pad on the bottom. This pad is somewhat similar to the one used on the bottom of the Mac mini. Once the pad is removed, you can access the inside of the base station by removing a plastic cover that is attached with five Phillips #0 screws. I kind of wish Apple would bring a design like this over to the Mac mini. It would probably make accessing the inside of the computer a little easier for the average user. What do you think?



http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/601.html

[velocitytrap]

Here's another review:

Apple AirPort Extreme Review @ Digital Trends

Apple's recently-released AirPort Extreme Base Station represents a thorough overhaul and re-packaging of the previous AirPort Extreme model. The new model is packed with enhanced features, a better set-up and management interface and of course, higher rated transfer speeds thanks to the new (and still incomplete) 802.11n protocol. Like most Apple products, the performance boost is being highly promoted. Does the AirPort Extreme stand up to the hype as well as other Apple products do? Continue reading to find out.

http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review4331.html

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[aquaman]

I haven't read into the AirPort Extreme that much, but can you connect a hub to the USB port and run an external drive and printer off it at the same time? I would be interested in doing this. To be honest, it's the only reason I could justify spending over $175 on a router these days.

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[imfullofit]

I was really nervous when I got my first airport express base station and I got it refirbished for $100. I was thinking man a hundred bucks for this little white box. Now that I have had it for a few years and have used it in multiple ways I would happily pay for one of these new airports. Things are just really easy to set up and I don't dread configuration changes. I was also thinking that most people wont even have a computer with an N card in it for 1-3 years unless they are the kind of people who rush out an upgrade every year. If thats the case they have plenty of money to burn so who cares anyway right. So by the time I really need one the price will have gone down a little.
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