I'll try and clear up everything
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(Linksys G-router, and G-wireless cards).
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The AirPort extreme card should work without issue with the Wireless-G router.
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And further more, how do people get the "54 MB/s" transfer rate? Is that when you are transferring directly over the network? Like in "My Shared Documents" folder? We just use AIM and or ICQ to exchange files, and it never get's over a meg.
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Those speeds are when transferring directly over the network. The 54 MB/s is the maximum speed the router can transmit and receive data at. If you use AIM or ICQ, what happens, is it is sent over the internet to the AIM or ICQ server, and then back...so it is limited by your internet connection. The program you are using does not know that it does not have to go farther then the LAN to access the other computer. This is why it is much more useful to use a shared folder.
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[Here's what I'm want to know:
Say I already have a wireless router (which obviously also serves as the wireless access point) , will I be able to get on the internet with the just Airport Extreme?
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Yes.
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And, I don't want it to sit there wasting a PCMCIA/USB.. or whatever type of port. I want the card to be integrated into the computer, which it sounds like it is from qirans post. So it IS NOT a card that I can remove from a PCMCIA or USB port, right?? Sorry for the confusion, I just want to be absolute certain.
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Yes. It is completely integrated. It does not protrude the machine in any way.
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Who thinks up the names for their products anyway, Stan Lee?
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Not quite sure, but I believe the "i" in "iMac" originally stood for "internetMac". They probably kept it because of the cool sounding factor. Now their trends seem to indicate that the higher end machines have the "Power" prefix (Powerbook, Powermac), the "i" prefix for the normal products and midrange (normal user class) machines (iPod, iMac, iBook, etc). The eMac aims at the lower end..., "e" probably standing for "education".