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May 22, 08 - 02:03 pm Comment from: Ampar

They probably sell better because they work. Go figure.

It was easier to set up than my old Linksys (sp?)

May 22, 08 - 02:24 pm Comment from: Ampar

It took me three minutes to setup an Airport Express in my home.
Opening the box, glancing at the inserts and plugging it in ate up two of those minutes.

May 22, 08 - 02:30 pm Comment from: macaholic

I agree, put in an Airport Extreme y'day
No hassle setup, unlike the convoluted steps i have had to use in the past with Linksys and Dlink

May 22, 08 - 02:37 pm Comment from: Eric

Had one since October, replaced a dead Linksys WRT54G. Been perfect ever since.

May 22, 08 - 02:46 pm Comment from: alansky

These sales figures are actually quite incredible when you consider the many el-cheapo wireless routers the Apple is competing against. Go Apple!

May 22, 08 - 03:10 pm Comment from: trex67

I haven't seen any mention of Unsanity's Mighty Mouse haxie, which has been around longer than Apple's mouse, if I remember right. Wouldn't they also have to license the name? Not that anyone would confuse software with an actual mouse...

I have an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express (for the road). Both work flawlessly every time. There was a while where I had issues with dropped signals, but it seemed to be a keychain issue that's since been solved with software updates. Even back when I had connectivity issues, these products were head and shoulders above everything else on the market. Have you ever seen that stuff? Most of it looks like TV antannae ("rabbit ears"), if you're old enough to know what those are. I've run into people who bought something from Linksys, etc., who say the stuff's still in the box because they couldn't get it to work. The Apple stuff just works out of the box.

May 22, 08 - 03:21 pm Comment from: Macromancer

Setup has always been a snap, which is why I buy them, but performance has been flaky.

Seriously, why couldn't my Cube connect to my white ABS but it could to an express. Why couldn't my Mini get more than one bar 8 feet away, but then gets full bars with a new Extreme. Inconsistent flakiness.

May 22, 08 - 03:36 pm Comment from: Connor MacBook

Er, it's "led" not "lead" - common error

May 22, 08 - 04:46 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

This just might have something to do with the particular niche Apple is working hardest on - upscale consumers. And those would be the very same people who buy most of the WiFi routers/hubs. So, maybe the numbers aren't as stellar as they might seem up front. Maybe they ought to be somewhere north of 14%?
We didn't replace our Linksys when we bought the Time Capsule, though I don't know that we're "saving" anything by not activating it. If it becomes some sort of big deal, we have the option. I'm not into throwing away something that still works.

May 22, 08 - 07:59 pm Comment from: Macintosh

My Mom got a MacBook and later got an Airport Express... I told her to take the cord that looks like a big telephone cord (Ethernet) and plug it in to the Airport Express, and then plug it into the wall...

That was it. It worked just like that, and still does to this day. She even travels with it sometimes and sets up her own little wireless network in hotels and stuff like that. By setting up her own wireless network, I mean plugging it in.

Even setting up Dual-Band networks is pretty easy (and worth it if you have the parts). Anyone who had an older Airport Extreme / Express and bought a Time Capsule can set that up with ease... It will give you 802.11n for your computers / Apple TV, and 802.11 b/g for your iPhone.

The only crappy thing is after I set it up I didn't notice too much of a speed increase... My internet service provider is too slow! Dammit!

The extreme is by far the best wireless router I have ever owned. No dead spots. If the power fails, upon restoration, the router reconnects with the modem without having to do anything. No more unplugging and plugging things to get them to talk to each other.

Yet another useless statistic from MDN

@trex67

You is in the wroooong thread dude.

Try the the one above -
"Who will win the great ‘Mighty Mouse’ case? CBS and Apple or Man & Machine?"

... see you there.

as an stockholder i am very happy with these numbers. as an user of apple-products i didn't have much luck with them though. i tried an airport extreme and an airport express. first setup was a snap afterwards not such luck. signal dropped all the time, setup software coudn't find it anymore, no signal in the garden (15m away!). had to change it for a linksys-basestation. setup was horrible (through the browser, worst GUI ever) but works like a champ ever since.

May 23, 08 - 10:11 am Comment from: marko

Just replaced my g network with an n network

Took THREE 802.11g extremes to cover my house... (2300 sq feet)...

Now able to cover the entire house with ONE 802.11n extreme...

Replaced my 1.5mbps DSL Modem with a 16mbps Cable Modem...

LIGHTNING FAST