Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:22:19PM +1030, Ryan Verner wrote:
>
> On 23/12/2003, at 9:49 PM, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
>
> >On mar, 2003-12-23 at 10:51, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> >>>* Airport Extreme: forget it ;-)
> >>
> >>Can one of the older non Extreme airport card be used in one of the
> >>newer ibook/powerbooks ?
> >
> >AFAIK, Airport Extreme aren't like older Airport cards thus they are
> >not
> >physically compatible.
> >But a standard PCCard Wifi card should work in the PCCard slot on the
> >PowerBook.
>
> Nod, I can confirm both these statements. The Airport/Airport Extreme
> cards are entirely new cards - different design, different chipset,
> different connector, everything.
>
> Get yourself a cheap Orinoco or Prism based card; both have excellent
> support under Linux.
A, but i was looking for the 12" ibook G4, both for its cheapness and
because it is the only apple notebook with a 3D supported graphic card
right now.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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