ibook airport extreme signal strength

firehcfirehc
Posted:
in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
hi, got my airport extreme card replaced,

everything is working in my ibook,

but i have a little question here.

i once heard ibook has got the strongest airport signal (correct me if i am wrong),

when i put my ibook side by side with my imac, the ibook got 3 bars whilst the imac (not extreme) got full strength, i am using an airport express which is around 10 feet away,

am i being paranoid again?



also what is 'apple talk' about, i turned on file sharing and the 2 macs can share files.



thanks

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    gene cleangene clean Posts: 3,481member
    check if you airport card is plugged in fully. if you think it is, check again. its not fully in, that is why you don't get very good signal strenghts.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    firehcfirehc Posts: 368member
    p.s. my ibook:12", 1.2GHz, 768 MB, airport extreme, BT
  • Reply 3 of 4
    neutrino23neutrino23 Posts: 1,562member
    It has often been said that the iBook had the best reception of any Apple portable. I haven't seen it compared to any desktop machine. In my experience our Graphite iMac gets better reception than any of our portables. An iMac has much more room for a nice antenna than a portable does.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    firehcfirehc Posts: 368member
    yeah, i am sure the plug is all the way in,



    maybe you guys are right about that, the ibook airport reception is the best among laptop only.



    one more thing, do u guys experience strength reduction during downloading, i watched QT trailers and saw the strength reduction to 1 bar or sometimes 0 bar. this is very interesting as this never happens in the imac.



    thanks
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