Beware. New G5s do NOT take older AP Extreme cards

hmurchisonhmurchison
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
The new card is a combo AP/BT card. I'm not sure if it is even user installable yet.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    'bout time. I've been waiting for apple to use combo 802.11/Bluetooth cards for years now.



    EDIT: 2002 - I am such a visionary.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,392member
    confirmed. This will not be a retail part. You must have an authorized Apple Service Provider install.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    theapplegeniustheapplegenius Posts: 584member
    thats the most retarded thing i have ever heard, so when you buy a G5 from an Apple Store, you need to pay 200 dollars to get it installed?
  • Reply 4 of 5
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,392member
    It's probably because of that new fangled antenna on the back. I'm assuming that the connection to it is more difficult than previous setups.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    tekmoetekmoe Posts: 16member
    this bites. i was really hoping to be able to install some type of card myself because i did not want to do a BTO. =(



    guess i will have to buy one of those bluetooth dongle thingys...
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