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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:This is fine and well, but... by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
    Airport is not legal in some European countries, as it operates on military frequencies

    Those are probably precisely the countries we want to jam.

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  2. Re:About the audio jack... by proj_2501 · · Score: 4, Funny

    people get confused about that?

    like shoving two floppies into one drive?

  3. This came to my mind ... by Chiron+Taltos · · Score: 3, Funny
    ... while reading this sentence.

    After the welcome screen, the Assistant inquired politely as to whether I wished to set up my Express to create a new wireless network, or connect to my current wireless network.

    It's a nice bit of Journalism, which makes for a good read, but I couldn't help thinking it would next inquire politely ... "Would you like some coffee while you wait for the set up to finish"?

    --
    CT

  4. Re:This is fine and well, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    as it operates on military frequencies...

    That's ok. Old Europe doesen't use it's military.

  5. Re:This is fine and well, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Those are probably precisely the countries we want to jam.

    LONESTAAAARRRRR!!!!!

  6. Dropping Bombs to the Velvet Fog by MooseByte · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Airport is not legal in some European countries, as it operates on military frequencies..."

    So they'll be able to groove to my Mel Torme collection while going head-to-head with the OpFor? Sweet.

  7. Re:Reads like... by repetty · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Off-topic, and unimportant, but that Apple description reads like one of those old 80's advertisements where they dream up scenarios for you."

    Like "us a mouse instead of keyboard to control your computer"?

    --Richard

  8. Airport? Express? by lifebouy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Anyone who can use the words "airport" and "express" in the same sentence, obviously hasn't been to one in a few years.

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    Drop me a line at:
    Key ID: 0x54D1D809
  9. Re:This is fine and well, but... by ack154 · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry: Lonestar!

  10. Re:This is fine and well, but... by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 2, Funny

    France has a military?

    Score: -5, Too Easy

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    Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
  11. Re:Trade offs by pocomoonshiine · · Score: 2, Funny

    and why doesn't the (nonexistent) remote work with my other obscure Ir devices? and why doesn't it work with POE? and why can't i plug it into my cigarette lighter and charge my iPod and sync my task list with my usb watch? For that mater, why doesn't it have built in speakers??? Huh?

    Here comes the WAAAAAAAAAmbulance!