Intel gets behind pre-802.11n, adding to Centrino
By Paul Miller 
posted Nov 30th 2006 7:40PM
posted Nov 30th 2006 7:40PM
Well, it doesn't look like there's any turning back now. After waiting for what feels like the better part of a century for an official stamp of approval on 802.11n, draft-n and pre-n products just got a whole lot of legitimacy from Intel, who has now announced it will be stuffing the pre-standard WiFi spec into its Centrino chipsets as early as next year. Along with the usual user benefits of added speed and supposed range improvements over 802.11g -- Intel is claiming 50 percent greater, but we'll believe that when we see it -- the inclusion of pre-n by Intel will most likely create a de-facto standard for 802.11n which could prove difficult for the IEEE Standards Committee to screw with when they finally get around to finalizing the 802.11n spec in 2008. Sounds like a win for consumers for now, but we could all be hurting come mid-2008 when we find out those fancy laptops we sprung for in 2007 are suddenly obsolete.[Via Ars Technica]
"those fancy laptops we sprung for in 2007"
I thought it was still 2006... silly me
Looks like Apple had a little insider info on this one. We all know that the new macs have the N chipset, I would bet it will work just dandy with the intel spec. Ahh the great benefit of working with intel.
Sean, pre-802.11n chips (Kedron) are part of the Santa Rosa platform, which is supposed to be released in April 2007.
Couldn't you just change out the wireless card. I've used whitebooks and the card is just an optional feature and is not integrated directly into the mobo.
hey guys i have a question... WILL MY DELL INSIPIRON 6000 BE ABLE TO HAVE "802.11N" email me what you think 1thewizard@gmail.com
Standards are not made by committee but by the wide adoption of that standard by the manufactures and consumers. Draft-n seems to have done just that.
Well, it looks like iTV will come out on time after all. FTW Apple!