Do Apple stores have Airport Express in stock?

ibook911 · July 31, 2004 4:25PM

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.

eugene · July 31, 2004 4:34PM

Probably now, but the local shops were selling out of them a week ago. You can always call...

Yes, they give the educational discount on Apple hardware.

applenut · July 31, 2004 4:42PM

SOHO didn't have any and had no idea when they'd be getting more as of 2 days ago.

ibook911 · July 31, 2004 5:00PM

What do the stores take as proof for educational discount? For students does it need to be a school ID?

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.

gpark · July 31, 2004 5:25PM

I just called one of my local apple store too.

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-

gpark · July 31, 2004 5:27PM

Yeah, for the printer I think Apple has it on their web.

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-

ibook911 · August 1, 2004 1:19AM

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?

gpark · August 1, 2004 1:24AM

I don't know. I didn't get it yet.

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/004/a...express-1.html

try this review.

pretty useful.

-Tom-

ibook911 · August 1, 2004 1:59AM

Do Apple stores accept Apple loan. It would be easy if they could just bring-up my Apple loan. Would I need the account number? Thanks.

gpark · August 1, 2004 10:53AM

haha. Am I an unofficial salesman for Apple? I don't know. I never used Apple Loan before. Why don't you call them first.

-Tom

macserverx · August 1, 2004 6:45PM

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.

ibook911 · August 2, 2004 10:35PM

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.

formerlurker · August 2, 2004 10:59PM

Quote:

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.

Do Apple stores have Airport Express in stock?

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