I was curious if Apple stores have Airport Express in stock? I live about 2.5 hours from a store, so I wondered what my chances would be of them having one. Thanks for the help.
Also, will they give the educational discounts, in-store? Thanks.
Hi. I have another question on the airport express. Does it have exceptional signal strength? I ask because a typical wireless router would be elevated somewhat, but I would have to plug the AE near the floor. Could that shorten my wireless range? Yes, I know I could get two of them, but I'm not going to fork over $250 at one time for AE, but maybe in the future I would add the second.
I wonder if a teacher association card and and regular ID would be sufficient for teachers to get the discount?
I got one from the Towsen, MD store on Friday night, and they had five on the shelves + mine. Yet to find a 20GB 4G iPod though.
I run sound for the youth at my church, so tested the AirTunes through the sound system. I had the station, plugged in inside of a heavy duty wood cabinet with metal mounting rails, and tons of cabling and was able to walk outside a good 100ft away from the station (metal studs in part of the building) without signal or quality loss. (I had someone inside listening, and i could have gotten further myself, except I couldn't here the music anymore)
That should show something for signal strength.
Oh yes, PowerBook G4 1.25 15" with AirPort Extreme.
Thanks. I was on holiday near two store locations, and that is why I was hoping to get an AE, but they were both sold-out. Oh well, I guess I will place an Apple.com or Amazon.com order.
Hi. I have another question on the airport express. Does it have exceptional signal strength?
Yes. Yes it does. I was pleasantly surprised by the signal strength of the first one I tried, which did better than an ABS extreme as well as a D-Link in the same location.
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Yes, they give the educational discount on Apple hardware.
What about for teachers? What sort of documentation do they need?
We have students and teachers in the house, so I'm trying to see which would be easier to prove.
Finally, am I right that you can print to a printer connected to Airport Express from a Windows and Mac machine without problem? Thanks.
Yeah they have it in stock.
I'm getting one tomorrow. They say I need a school I.D. and a driver's license.
-Tom-
Windows works in the following printers I guess.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107418
Also, a review from ARS says Express is both good for Windows and MAC.
I'm wondering....about linux.... hmmm..
-Tom-
I wonder if a teacher association card and and regular ID would be sufficient for teachers to get the discount?
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/004/a...express-1.html
try this review.
pretty useful.
-Tom-
-Tom
I run sound for the youth at my church, so tested the AirTunes through the sound system. I had the station, plugged in inside of a heavy duty wood cabinet with metal mounting rails, and tons of cabling and was able to walk outside a good 100ft away from the station (metal studs in part of the building) without signal or quality loss. (I had someone inside listening, and i could have gotten further myself, except I couldn't here the music anymore)
That should show something for signal strength.
Oh yes, PowerBook G4 1.25 15" with AirPort Extreme.
Originally posted by ibook911
Hi. I have another question on the airport express. Does it have exceptional signal strength?
Yes. Yes it does. I was pleasantly surprised by the signal strength of the first one I tried, which did better than an ABS extreme as well as a D-Link in the same location.