Remember this: The maximum bandwidth on regular Airport (802.11b) is up to 11 mbps. So far, the fastest consumer connection available within a reasonable price is up 3 to 3.5mbps. So. . .why bother with Extreme?
First of all, 11 Mbps is a nominal speed. You'll never get that. I myself have never been able to go above 400-500 KBps in one direction (which translates to mere 3-4 megabits), with the computers and the base station next to each other. (Of course, Ethernet's 10 or 100 Mbps are also nominal, but the actual throughput is much closer.)
Second of all, I guess you will appreciate the Extreme speeds whenever you will want to transfer larger files (movies, etc.) -- however, in such cases you would gather much more anyway by simply plugging the computer into the wired Ethernet.
*But* I personally have AirPort Extreme Base Station, PowerBook with 802.11g, PC with 802.11g and NEC notebook with 802.11b, and I've been unable to get 802.11g speeds anyway, between any two machines, which is not what Apple states on their website ("If a user of a Wi-Fi-certified 802.11b product joins the network, that user will get up to 11 Mbps and AirPort Extreme and Wi-Fi-certified 802.11g users will get less than 54 Mbps.") I did not test an ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) connection between a PowerBook and a PC yet.
Marcin Wichary
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