[Wirelessdriver-support] Re: Wirelessdriver-support digest, Vol 1 #357 - 2 msgs

[Amanda W. <am...@al...>]

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 03:14  PM, 
wir...@li... wrote:
> So why does the FAQ say you cannot use a PC card in the AirPort slot? 
> How
> exactly does an AirPort card differ from an Orinoco card?

A resistor.  It prevents the Airport card from being recognized in a 
standard slot.  At the time that Airport was released, Apple was 
selling the cards at a loss, and didn't want to subsidize PC users.  
These days, it's a little silly.


Amanda Walker