I had a need for a replacement (new) wireless router, as I had begun to have “issues” with the AirLink wireless we had been using. I would quite often lose Internet connectivity which required resetting the router and / or cable modem, often numerous times in order to get Internet access back .

We were at Best Buy today looking for a DVD / CD reader / writer for one of the Windows PC’s and the wife suggested we may want to pick up a new wireless router while there. Well, it just so happens Best Buy, at least the store close to us, has an Apple section. Wouldn’t you know it, they also had Apple’s AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi Wireless Base Station in stock ! Purchased it as well as the DVD / CD reader / writer. What can I say, the AirPort Extreme is beautiful, was simple to setup and, more importantly, simply works . I also connected my HP Deskjet 5740 to the Base Station in order to be able to access the printer wirelessly from my iBook G4 ~ sweet .

Good ol Apple ease of use.

^5s and Amen to that !

BTW, I did some math on Apple’s AirportExtreme vs. the new Time Capsule. Time Capsule is a good deal. Airport Extreme costs $179 vs. $299 for the Time Capsule which combines Airport Extreme AND a 500 gig hard drive. So, the hard drive is just $120 more. External FireWire hard drives cost from $150 to nearly $200.