Core 2 Duo iMacs unofficially rock 802.11n capabilities - Engadget

I'll be darned. Very interesting. Since Apple is putting these cards in its machines already, I'd be willing to bet there's a good chance they'll be firmware upgradable when the final 802.

11n specs are drafted (since they'll probably be incompatible with the final draft, whenever IEEE decides to finish it.) Time will tell.

I bet the reason they put them in the iMac and not the Mac Pro is because they plan on using the enhanced speed capabilities in the living room and not the office.

If iTV is to stream HD movies from a desktop system it will need a lot of bandwidth.

I would say, additionally, that a pro desktop is still far more likely to be wired to the network, since last I remember, the old wire is still faster than wireless..

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Depends. Not faster than gigabit (wired), but 2x faster than 100mb (wired).

Is it really surprising to see Apple be the for runner in tech. USB, Firewire, The first company to declare floppies and CRTs dead. This all years before the industry followed.

Also remember Apple was the first to say bye to the boring beige box of a case. Now your hard pressed to find a company build with anything beige.

Yes, and note that the Mac Pro documentation provides instruction for installing a yet to be announced "Airport Express Card".

I'd put good money on that being a next-gen wireless card sporting 802.11n. Man oh man, Engadget sure has been grumpy pants towards Apple since their little toot up in Redmond.

Gabriel: Apple invented everything worthy!? So they spent how many years investing in Crap CPUs before going with mainstream (WINTEL) CPUS?

You mac fanboys are everywhere.

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