Finally!... Now all I need to do is come up with $400 to replace my old 802.11g Airport Express', and another $2500 to replace the final two 802.11g MacBooks in the house.

They are getting real good at it lately.

I don't know where you bought yours but they're $99 in real life. i bought mine at least 2 or 3 years ago. they sure have a lot of nerve upgrading hardware every couple of years. before you know it you'll find the computer you bought this year will be replace by an even faster one next year. gee whizz.

Now if they would just fix the wireless in the MacBook.

See the first 3 pages (look at the numbers) of this topic:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1171

Seeing as so many people simply post as guest, and don't explain what they are referencing during their posts I can only assume that some of the above is directed at myself.

I have 4 Express' (notice it's plural) dotted around the house. I have no issue with paying to replace them at all, I just have to come up with the money as stated. Trying to get other people to move their MacBooks to a newer model was not a big deal while the network had to remain mixed, but now I will have to come up with the money to replace them for those people if all else fails.

It was a statement of fact, rather than having a go at Apple.

I feel your pain. I have an Airport Extreme without GigaHertz (wired) ethernet. Complicates my wiring. I would really like the AirVault (Airport Extreme with Disk) that is GigaHertz.

My Airport Express died a year agojavascript:emoticon(''), but I could put-off replacing as it was only 811G. Now, I have no excuse (and probably need two of them).

BTW, did you know the Apple TV also doubles as an AirTunes (not sure of correct nomenclature)? The latest upgrade lets you pipe music to the Apple TV the same as an Airport Express. If you don't have an Apple TV, yet (hey, it is only $229) you should check out the latest rev. It is progressing nicely. Free upgrades are nice, too.

What do you say we invest in some of those mortgage backed securities? I understand they are down quite a lot, and you can't lose investing in real estate. right?

I hope Apple keeps coming out with stuff that makes me want to cough up more money, as I think you are trying to say as well. I do have a Mac AirBook and the trackpad alone justifies the price!

I have two AirPorts in my house, one is used as my router and as Airtunes, the other is simply Airtunes. Great for getting high Quality sound to many other rooms.

I do have a question. If I want to get a time capsule and use 802.11n wireless networking with my iMac 2.4 do I need to replace the Airports to get the best speed with my wireless connection to my iMac? I hope not. I am hoping that I will only take a speed hit when the Airports (which will only be used as music devices with Airtunes) are in use playing music.

Any Thoughts?

Without a lot of messing around and setting up different wireless networks, you will need to replace the existing Airport Express'. Sorry.

Still, at least they had a price drop a while back.