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    Wireless card?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Ravich, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. Ravich

    Ravich Notebook Consultant

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    I have used laptops in my current location before. If I put a PC laptop right next to my macbook pro, my PC will connect just fine (not fast mind you, but but useable). My macbook pro take around 40 seconds to load google. What's going on? Is this common? Do macs just have bad wireless cards?
     
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    No, they're not bad. They're not astoundingly good, but they are by no means bad.

    Are you far from the source of the wireless? MBP's tend to have less range due to their metal shell. Be sure to turn airport off and then back on as sometimes it has issues reconnecting. Other than that, it should work just fine.
     
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    Hmm... turning airport on and off helps a lot apparently, thanks. I am in the basement and the source is on the second floor of the house. Wireless has never been good here, but like I said, I can use a 3 year old laptop down here and not have any real problems with connection.


    Turning airport on and off seemed to fix my problems, though, so I guess that's it.
     
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