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JoJo · 03-17-2008

WHat is this new airport express.. what is it for? how do you use it? and how does it work? does any one know? im in the dark

philbowell · 03-17-2008

If you read the product pages it will give you all you need to know.

But in short. The Airport Express can broadcast a wireless signal, allow you to play music from iTunes on speakers that are connected to it and via the USB port it will let you print wirelessly.

In order to use the Airport Express as a wireless router you need to connect it to a modem via an ethernet cable, it will not act as a modem. As I said the pages are pretty self explanatory just have a read.

houltmac · 03-17-2008

I have many of the old Airport Express' around the house. They plug directly into the power sockets in the wall and act as wireless repeaters. Some have printers connected for wireless printing, some have speakers attached for playing music wirelessly. I especially like playing a song in multiple rooms at once, wirelessly, and having them keep perfectly in sync so as I walk through the house I don't feel I am moving away from the music.

These new Airport Express' have 802.11n built in, as apposed to 802.11g, which would provide wider wireless coverage as well as faster transfer speeds (between machines, they will not boost your internet connection speed). I absolutely love the ones I have, but I will slowly replace them with the newer ones and hope that the last of the older MacBooks in the house will soon be upgraded so I can fully implement 802.11n throughout the entire house.

kungfueats · 03-17-2008

This thing looks great and I'm glad they upgraded it to 802.11n, I'm thinking I won't be picking one of these up though as I'm looking at getting an MBA/Time Capsule combo. Which if I recall Time Capsule will do everything this does and more of course.

Is there anything that this does that Time Capsule can't?

houltmac · 03-18-2008

There is no way to use a Time Capsule (or Airport Extreme) for AirTunes (viz. wireless music), but that's about it.

**Yuiichi** · 03-18-2008

I'm really glad Apple didn't just forget about this little device. It's great to see them finally upgraded to 802.11n. Unfortunately (or fortunately), my house is small enough that my wireless signal all over is pretty great, so I don't need repeaters! And I don't have any speakers anywhere else. Aww... now I have an excuse not to buy it!

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philbowell Mac Genius Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Over the road from the Queen, UK Posts: 952	If you read the product pages it will give you all you need to know. But in short. The Airport Express can broadcast a wireless signal, allow you to play music from iTunes on speakers that are connected to it and via the USB port it will let you print wirelessly. In order to use the Airport Express as a wireless router you need to connect it to a modem via an ethernet cable, it will not act as a modem. As I said the pages are pretty self explanatory just have a read. __________________ My Mac's: 20" iMac Core Duo with 2gb RAM; 14" iBook G4 My Blog

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kungfueats Business Consultant Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 127	This thing looks great and I'm glad they upgraded it to 802.11n, I'm thinking I won't be picking one of these up though as I'm looking at getting an MBA/Time Capsule combo. Which if I recall Time Capsule will do everything this does and more of course. Is there anything that this does that Time Capsule can't? __________________ Chris @ Kungfueats Shanghai, China

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Yuiichi Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,021	I'm really glad Apple didn't just forget about this little device. It's great to see them finally upgraded to 802.11n. Unfortunately (or fortunately), my house is small enough that my wireless signal all over is pretty great, so I don't need repeaters! And I don't have any speakers anywhere else. Aww... now I have an excuse not to buy it! __________________ My Mac(s): MacBook, white - 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD Cake for you? The Macversity - Mac + School = Love.

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JoJo Cashier Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New York Posts: 22	WHat is this new airport express.. what is it for? how do you use it? and how does it work? does any one know? im in the dark

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houltmac Mac Genius Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,121	I have many of the old Airport Express' around the house. They plug directly into the power sockets in the wall and act as wireless repeaters. Some have printers connected for wireless printing, some have speakers attached for playing music wirelessly. I especially like playing a song in multiple rooms at once, wirelessly, and having them keep perfectly in sync so as I walk through the house I don't feel I am moving away from the music. These new Airport Express' have 802.11n built in, as apposed to 802.11g, which would provide wider wireless coverage as well as faster transfer speeds (between machines, they will not boost your internet connection speed). I absolutely love the ones I have, but I will slowly replace them with the newer ones and hope that the last of the older MacBooks in the house will soon be upgraded so I can fully implement 802.11n throughout the entire house.

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houltmac Mac Genius Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,121	There is no way to use a Time Capsule (or Airport Extreme) for AirTunes (viz. wireless music), but that's about it.

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