Where are you getting this? I haven't seen anything about this.
This has been talked about for years. Right here, for a recent example:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/18/wifi-direct-wireless-ces.html
We are already seeing a number of wireless printers, wireless hard
drives, wireless flash memory and so on. The iPad? The Mac Air?
Cell phones and a slew of other mobile/portable/desktop computers soon
to come? Ask Tom Piwowar. He's already said it.
There's an engineering discipline called Appropriate Technology. A local
nature center needed bridge for school children to cross over a fast
moving stream safely. Engineering students at a local college were asked
to design affordable solution. They designed an elaborate expensive
suspension bridge. Mother Nature intervened and sent a 60 foot sycamore
tree downstream after the Spring thaw. The full cost of the bridge was
materials for handrails and steps--volunteers supplied chain saws. That
was 15 years ago. Cheap. Works well, still. Few short-sighted engineers
needed.
I love my 24" iMac. I used the AirPort card when I first got it. That's
too slow to keep up with the outside network for streaming and
downloads. Since I connected the ethernet cable directly to the modem,
I'm much happier with the faster network. I love our wireless printer.
It works--doesn't need to be faster. I tried a wireless hard drive and
hated it--too slow for data.
Sometimes slow is good [voice/text on mobile phones, transfer small
files, food]. Sometimes it isn't [downloading large files, streaming
video]. Depends on your network and what you're doing. Appropriate
technology encourages using the best tool for the tasks. Gigabit WiFi?
is it here yet?
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