Powerbook and Airport

deyounkdeyounk
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I'm just wondering if anyone else has this problem...



Since I bought my Powerbook G4 15" last summer, the airport signals have always dropped fast, and I've never been able to sustain a strong connection. I thought this was a normal Mac thing (This is my first Apple computer), and I just dealt with it. But I've just moved into a new place, and have a new DLink wireless router, and it is 20 feet directly from my desk, but I can never get a full connection. It fluctuates and sometimes totally stalls. I just had it looked at, but was told the Airport card needs to be replaced and was quoted about $230 CDN. The warranty expired at the beginning of August I think so I don't think I can get it replaced for free. What should I do?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    jpenningtonjpennington Posts: 476member
    My girlfriend had a 12" Powerbook G4 and it had the same problem. I thought it was interference, but all of our other laptops have no problems in the same room.



    -Justin
  • Reply 2 of 3
    deyounkdeyounk Posts: 11member
    So what happened with the Powerbook? Was the airport card replaced?
  • Reply 3 of 3
    jpenningtonjpennington Posts: 476member
    Nope, she now has a macbook. It is connected to a monitor and wired to the network.
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