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Ars Reviews AirPort Express

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

ack154 writes "Ars Technica has a nice, comprehensive review of the new AirPort Express from Apple. There is a breakdown of each of the main features: music streaming, a mobile base station, a base station extender, and networking a printer. All features were tested from both Mac and Windows perspectives. Overall it got an 8/10 with points mainly lost for no means of remote control and no audio cable included in the package."

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  1. Re:Audio Cable by Chiron+Taltos · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE hey AC - thanks for catching my mistake. Too bad you had to be rude and obnoxious. Looks like we have a "bastard of the day" winner, people!

    AC Shithead.

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  2. Re:Interesting by mliu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and I quote, "So I can listen to my music wirelessly, assuming I'm running either Windows or have an Apple with iTunes, and when it's time to watch a movie, or anything else, the sound reverts to my laptop's internal speakers?"

  3. Re:Can it be used to share an *ethernet* printer? by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Can it share an ethernet printer? That's a stupid question. What protocols does this printer speak? If it's an HP, it probably already speaks LPR, HP, and Appletalk protocols. If you can't make any given OS speak one of those protocols, you're not trying hard enough.

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  4. What I want... by FirstTimeCaller · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Airport Express is cool. It's not priced too badly. But it's not really what I want.

    I don't need a wireless access point -- already got one of those. I don't need to share a printer -- already doing that, thank you.

    But I DO want to stream audio to my stereo! So why not just eliminate all the other crap and sell a simple box with ethernet in one side and audio out the other side? And since I'm just dreaming here... set the price at $49.95. Heck, I might even buy two!

    Now add the ability to control iTunes remotely (say from a Palm or PocketPC) and we've got a product.

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