Heard the Macbook Pro wireless is relatively slow, even with the G card that comes standard. Anyone know much about this?

7/27/2006 5:44:16 PM

7/27/2006 5:48:56 PM

thanks gargs, you're always so much help

7/27/2006 5:57:07 PM

you need to provide more analysis.

If it's slower than 54Mbps, then that ain't news.

Actualy bandwidth is always less than the theoretical max, and heck, even the theoretical max isn't 54mbps.

If you mean Internet speeds, then it's basically a manufacturing defect if you can't even get it to download files at the RR speeds.

7/27/2006 5:59:22 PM

i simply read that wireless performance on the mbp was relatively slower than on the powerbooks, i havent seen much else about it

7/27/2006 6:01:18 PM

gargs like to answer you with pointless remarks that are intended at belittling whatever discussion/argument you are trying to make

that=GAY

have you not figured this out yet

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7/27/2006 6:10:08 PM

yea, i have, just still annoys me a little for some reason

7/27/2006 6:56:10 PM

Just tested copying a ~1GB file on MBP. It was averaging around 22 Mbps using a Linksys WRT54G, which feels plenty fast to me. I haven't noticed any problems.

7/27/2006 7:07:03 PM

that's good news. i have that router as well. thanks man

7/27/2006 11:16:00 PM

I was setting up a MBPro for a user the other day and had to resort to using wireless to download some Windows Updates. The connection was poor due to the access point being in a building about 200 yards away. The performance of the wireless did not seem bad at all to me.

7/27/2006 11:42:49 PM

at any distant relative to that... any performance at all is pretty good lol

wish it had the N wireless tech.

7/27/2006 11:44:16 PM

i dont know much about how the MBPros compare to the Powerbooks in terms of the wireless, but I've heard that the metal case causes lots of problems with interference (not sure the theory behind it) of wireless signals.

I just know that from personal experience, that my Aluminum PB has extremely shitty reception. I've been at places where an access point is visible, and when my friends have a strong signal on their Dell/Toshiba/plastic laptop of about 90%, mine is about 30%. And when they have a low-to-medium signal of about 50%, my powerbook cannot even see/connect to the network (when they have perfect connectivity).

I know I'm comparing apples to oranges when I'm comparing a Mac to Windows when talking about signal strength, but when they can connect to networks that I can't, that says something.

I took the laptop into the Apple store, talked to them, and they sent the computer in to be repaired. They gave me a new Airport card, but honestly didn't see any improvement. I've read lots of forum posts (on apple.com) about people having crummy reception on powerbooks, and have even read a few talking about the same problems on the macbooks.

7/28/2006 12:03:08 AM

^ Same experience here. I had a titanium PowerBook with really crummy reception, but knew people with iBooks that had great reception. It's usually attributed to the metal casing.

7/28/2006 8:48:03 AM

does anyone have any direct experience with problems with the MacBook casing and their wireless performance?

7/28/2006 12:14:49 PM