At 11:58 PM -0500 8/27/05, Claire Hart wrote: >>>Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your >>>Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? >>> >> >>In terms of the graphic showing more bars lit, yes. But the signal >>itself is unchanged. The places where I lost my signal around the >>house haven't changed. >> >>david > >In terms of both, in my case. When I had two bars, sometimes things were as >slow as dial-up. In the same places, I have three and four bars, and much >faster response as well.
I have better signal strength with my new PowerBook (about a month old) than with the three year old Ti PowerBook, but I don't believe it's due to the OS (new one is Tiger, old one is 10.3.9 Panther). But even the new one is not as long range as was my Wall Street with the Orinoco Gold PC card. But I imagine it all has to do with antenna placement and the material of which the housing is constructed. The Wall Street with the wireless PC card had the strip line antenna external to everything, and both newer PowerBook's are trying to broadcast from a metal shell. I don't see how a change in OS could make any substantial difference in performance. In the case of wireless the hardware is going to be the overwhelming first order determinant of performance. William E. Briggs, P.Eng. Senior Instructor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Brunswick Fredericton, N.B. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Former Columnist and Contributing Editor, MacCentral The AppleScript Primer http://www.maccentral.com/columns/briggs.shtml mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
