![]() The bridge might, but I doubt the repeater will. I have no proof of this currently, but I can all but guarantee that the bridge and/or repeater funtionality of this WILL NOT work with other WiFi routers besides an Airport Base Station. In addition, I can use this as a wireless bridge to help improve the wireless signal where I recently moved the Mac. I don't want to dedicate my iPod to the task of being the only audio source through our entertainment center, so this seems like a great way to continue to use iTunes to play music, without being confined to the audio output of the Mac, or whatever speakers I have connected to them. Since we moved everything to iTunes, we now have a very practical and intuitive way to access our music.as long as it's on the Mac. It was all very cool, but not very functional, which she constantly reminded me of. Neither solution passed the ultimate test: My wife could never figure out how to just play some random music or play a specific CD like the 'good old days'. Pre-iTunes, I tried everything from the Turtle Beach AudioTron to installing a small PC in my cabinet and running WinAmp. I want a quasi-permanent solution to play my digital music collection (which is everything I have) through my entertainment center. I have an iPod and a dock, and this should solve a couple of issues for me. I think perhaps you are assuming that everyone else uses their iPod like you do. So I guess the main market for this product would be people who don't have an iPod (or who have an iPod but not a dock), and people who want to go wireless all the way. But if I didn't already have WiFi at home (and if I didn't want to keep one of my computers wired), this would be the base station I'd choose, no question about it. I guess it just doesn't strike me as all that useful. you can plug it right into the back of your receiver with a 6 inch cord going into the aux portĪnd you can do the exact same thing with an iPod.ĭon't get me wrong, I think the Airport Express is very cool I love the concept and the size. That might be cool, but again the iPod is so portable and easily connected to your stereo (or your computer) that it doesn't seem like a killer feature to me, just a convenience.Ĥ. perhaps wi-fi-enabled iPods are not so far off ![]() The only advantage I can think of to having wireless in a hotel room is that maybe I could check my e-mail while sitting on the toilet or in bed, but hey, I can live without that.ģ. And if I happen to stay in a hotel room that has Ethernet (something I actually haven't encountered very much in my travels usually they just have a modem connection), it seems easier to just plug my computer into the Ethernet directly. If I want to play some music at a friend's house, an iPod is a more portable solution than my laptop and Airport Express. Practically speaking, I find it hard to imagine many cases where I'd find an Airport Express useful for travel or visiting friends. That's exactly how I'd put it, somewhat interesting. I use WEP on my wireless network, but that's not foolproof.Ģ. I'd rather keep my work computer wired for security reasons. ![]() I've been thinking of upgrading to Airport Extreme, but because my main work computer's not wireless I would need to either buy a wireless card for it or buy the Airport Extreme base station. But then I realized that it's too limited to replace my existing base station. ![]() Right, and that's why I wanted one at first. First, it's a base station that's $70 cheaper than Apple's other offerings A little more limited than it seems at first glance, I'd say.ġ. Third, it's not a solution for mixed wired-and-wireless networks, like mine at home, because it only has a WAN input and nothing for LAN. Second, Apple points out that this is a handy gadget for travel among other things you can plug it in to Ethernet in a conference room and provide instant wireless internet access for "everyone in the room with a WiFi-equipped computer." But you have to read the specs that "everyone" is 10 people or less, which is the maximum number that AirPort Express can handle. Why transmit music from my computer to a stereo elsewhere in the house if I can just plug my iPod into it directly? I have an iPod with a dock, a setup that's just as portable as an AirPort Express station and can connect to my stereo or powered speakers. My first reaction was, wow, I want one.but then I started reading the specs and realized I'd have little use for something like this. ![]()
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