Customer Reviews
Bought used and it works just fine 
2007-06-08
Pricey card that I bought used. Its technology has since updated. The card works fine.
If only it worked 
2003-07-09
Switched to Mac? Switch back.
I built an 802.11b network for the PCs in my house. I set up everything and had it working and tested for a few weeks before tackling the Airport install. Since I'm not usually a Mac user, I thought I'd make sure everything else was working first.
Well, it was the right decision. 8 months later, my Airport card still does not work. I put it in our iBook, and it's recognized, but there is an error message that locks up all the wireless applications and configuration, so the Airport is useless. Yes, I have the right OS version, and I've gotten the latest drivers and applications, but nothing works.
I'll try again, sometime, but it's just really hard to get psyched up for hours and hours of beating your head against the wall, trying to get something to work.
Hey, it might work out of the box for you. If you have an older iBook, though, I'd prepare for a struggle.
Wireless rocks! 2003-03-11
Like everything Apple makes, it was trivial to install and setup. End of story.
The real glory is being able to carry my iBook all over the house and use it everywhere. Combine that with the great battery usage in the iBook, and I am finally not tied down!
Go Mac, and do it without wires. You won't regret it for a single moment.
Make your PC friends jeleous 2003-02-27
What a wonderful investment this Airport card (and the base station) was! I can walk anywhere in the house and even into the garden out back with my Powerbook and remain connected to the Internet. I take the computer everywhere, and at this moment (as I write from the living room while watching Discovery-Italia) my Internet connect utility tells me I have been connected to the Internet for the last 2,000+ hours! Almost three months! And that's despite taking the computer wherever I want it to go, up to 150 feet (half a football field) from the base station. It stays connected when the compuer is in sleep mode, when it restarts, turns off. There is no reduction in connection speed, I never get cut off and it effortless to operate. If I could somehow keep the battery charged without plugging it in, my Powerbook would be cableless for life!
I will give my five stars one caveat, because while the card is not difficult to install, opening the computer to do so does require an unusual and specific five-sided Allen-wrench-style tool that is not easy to find (hint: go to a store that repairs cellular phones). I am told that newer computers (mine is a Titanium Powerbook from late 2001) can be opened with a simple small screwdriver, but you'll want to look at the bottom of the computer to see if this will effect you -- do you have or can you get the tools to take that whole panel off? Perhaps an Apple dealer can do this service as well (though the card is billed as installable in the home) but here in Italy I did not have that choice. But even though I was a bit frustrated by this problem, the beauty and utility of the whole Airport technology easily makes up for it, hence the perfect score and the enthusiasm.
Another side note: the Airport works in desktop computers as well as laptops, but I'm not sure what the advantage to using it in a desktop would be, since portability of the Internet connection doesn't seem to be of any value if you can't move the computer. Yes, it would save one cable out of the back of the machine, but that hardly seems worth the price of the card and base station. And it does allow several computers to be connected to one broadband line, but the same thing can be achieved with a splitter and a few feet of extra cable that would cost less than $15. It isn't billed this way, but I really see this as hardware for laptops rather than desktops.
Absolutely flawless installation and performance 2002-12-21
I've had this wireless card for over 9 months now. It installed in a few minutes on my iBook running OS X. Signal strength has never been an issue. It's worked well on several different access points (Airport and otherwise). A Netgear brand card purchased for an XP laptop in my house failed after 3 months of use ("driver" problem I think). No such problems with my Airport card. Get it and forget it!
Easy install, reliable product for older Macs 2002-11-07
Have you ever wanted the freedom to use your computer and surf the Internet from anywhere in your home? Or how about being able to use more than one computer to surf the Internet at the same time? Now there's a simple, affordable way to bring the Internet to every room in your home.Instead of using traditional cabling to create a network, AirPort is a wireless LAN technology that provides efficient, reliable wireless communication between multiple computers and the Internet. With no ugly, messy cables to tie you down, you'll enjoy unprecedented freedom to move about the home or classroom. What's more, AirPort enables everyone at home to simultaneously surf different web sites and access e-mail through a single Internet service account. There's no more waiting for your turn to dial into the Internet. Students can move about the classroom freely with their computers and learning takes place wherever it needs to, not just where the computer cable is located. An AirPort Card is about the size of a credit card. It fits easily into a conveniently located slot inside each AirPort-ready Apple computer.
Works wherever I go 2002-10-08
For non-techy computer users like me, the functionality of the airport card sells me completely. I need to use my iBook (one of the old antiquated blueberry clamshells) at home and at school and the transition is always flawless.
Buy it! 2002-10-06
Oh the joys of being wireless in your home. You'll either need the Airport Base Station OR another Mac computer with an Airport card (which can act as a base station), but it is well worth the investment if you spend a lot of time on the internet. In my house, we've got an iMac (with an Airport card) wirelessly sharing the internet connection to 3 iBooks (all with Airport cards installed). It's just amazing. We love it.
Well as mac user you haven't really much choice! 
2002-09-23
The Card works fine, I am using it with a Castelle LanPress print server 2P which has also functions as an Wireless access point (802.11b)
I am using it with no WEP because even following the instructions provided by the apple support site about the compatibility issue between SSID and airpot password my card seems still unable to get on my WLAN, whether I use or not the Hexadecimal $ sign before the airport password. This is the first of the reasons why I gave a 3 star rating to the card.
The card is definitely overpriced, since it features the very same characteristics of other name brands selling for less than 1/2 of its price and this is the second reason for the 3 star rating.
Of course, since the majority of the PCcards available from other brands are not supported/recognized by the Apple airport software, who would take the chance to waste time and money and end up with something that does not work?
I love Macs, but I hate when Apple limits my freedom to purchase what "I" want to buy, rather than what "they" force/allow me to buy! That's a third reason for my 3 star rating
PS: By the way I am not sure if the card will work to access the public access points (like the ones available for instance at starbucks or at some hotel's halls) which use "broadcast SSID" to authorize access to it. Has anyone tried it yet?
Great wireless card 2002-09-22
I had a Linksys wireless router already when I bought an ibook. The only card that the ibook will take is the airport card and I was worried that the airport card would only work with the airport base station. I was happily surprised when the card only took 2 minutes to install and detected the Linksys network immediately. For the only wireless card option for ibooks, it is a pretty good choice.
