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Post by aquamac on Jan 15, 2007 19:45:32 GMT
Apple will be charging a fee of $4.99 to owners of macs with these super fast wireless chips if they want to download the drivers to enable them, acording to this report.  www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2398 |
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Post by reddrag0n on Jan 15, 2007 22:45:18 GMT
I'm wondering if your Hackintosh had 802.11n
if so, would you pay apple to have it enabled? I would almost wait for a USB dongle or PCI card that runs those speeds to come out.
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Post by aquamac on Jan 16, 2007 3:21:40 GMT
I have a 11n router and would be interested in fitting a 11n card to my Hackintosh. I would probably go for it in the interests of science and a challenge I guess. Not sure yet if it is an Atheros chip or a Broadcom chip that is in the 11n macs that are shipping. I have a feeling I read somewhere that it is an Atheros.
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Post by ritalin on Jan 16, 2007 9:13:17 GMT
So are you saying that you could put a 11n card in the hackintosh if it's Apple compatible, but it wouldn't use the 11n standard unless you pay $4.99 for the driver from Apple.
Could another manufacturer sell 11n cards/dongles and provide the 11n driver, or would they rely on the Apple driver? I'm confused.
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Post by ritalin on Jan 16, 2007 9:15:09 GMT
The supposed reason for the $4.99 charge sound a little ropy.
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Post by aquamac on Jan 16, 2007 9:27:25 GMT
I guess the driver will end up on demonoid fairly quickly anyway once the new Airports start shipping.
"So are you saying that you could put a 11n card in the hackintosh if it's Apple compatible, but it wouldn't use the 11n standard unless you pay $4.99 for the driver from Apple."
Ritalin, your assumption above is spot on.
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