"Airport" is Apple's brand of 802.11b/g wireless (Airport is b,
Airport Extreme is b/g). As Cotty pointed out, if it is installed in
a particular PowerBook G4, it will be listed in the Network section
of the configuration when viewing a System Profile for the machine.
If the PowerBook does not have one installed, it is a relatively
simple matter to purchase one (about $80) and install it. You need to
know which PowerBook G4 it is as the location and installation is
slightly different one model to another. These pages might be of some
help:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88248>
<http://macs.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=macs&zu=http
%3A%2F%2Fdocs.info.apple.com%2Farticle.html%3Fartnum%3D95133>
Once it is installed, configuring the system to use it is very easy
and straightforward. If you go to the Network panel in System
Preferences, a button there will guide you to completing the setup.
Godfrey
On Jan 10, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Bob W wrote:
On the subject of Macs, perhaps you can help me.
One of my friends has been a longtime Mac user, and has a Powerbook
G4. She
has recently also bought a desktop PC, which she is very pleased
with. She
is due to get a wireless broadband connection soon, and would
obviously like
to be able to have both machines connected at the same time. I
thought that
these Macs had an Airport (?) card built in, but the system
information
thingy doesn't list it. OK, there must be a slot for it so it can
go in like
the PCMCIA card in my PC, but I couldn't find anything.
So how does one add a wireless broadband card (or whatever magic
Macs use)
to a Powerbook G4?
--
Cheers,
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10 January 2006 19:05
To: pentax list
Subject: OT - MacBook Pro - AAAARGH !
It's been a while coming!
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