gianfranco sciacca wrote: >> I had asked a similar question some time ago and what I gathered from >> the replies was that the airport issue was fixed with the 867/1000 >> Titanium iteration. Maybe also the 800 was mentioned but I think the >> problem still existed in the 667.
MTH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: >The airport range may have been improved in later models, but it is >still crap in all ti-books. You can get acceptable reception by getting >a third party wifi card with an external antennae. I was intrigued by this thought, so went down to my basement shop and looked over a pair of TiBooks, a 500 mHz and a 1 gHz (just shells actually) to see if there was any discernable difference between the antenna arraigements. Honestly, I can't see anything that looks to be significant. While the antenna boards are not the same parts, they have the same circuitry (such as it is!) and location, the later boards being slightly smaller than the early ones. Also, there appears to be the same absence of anti-EMI coating under the plastic edge where they reside. I think the main problem with TiBook reception is the antennae location, down low at the sides of the case where it's easy to block them with your hands or other radiation blockers. I have big hands that tend to flop over the side edges, so maybe reception problems are worse for those folks with larger hands, or those who rest their hands over those edges at any rate? OTOH . . . Interestingly, just last night I rebuilt _another_ 667 DVI and it seems to have much better reception than did my old 667 DVI on its built-in antennae. Maybe I'm just dreaming . . . perhaps I better do some scientific tests to see what's up! dan k ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
