One More thing about the Airport Extreme
I’ve recently witnessed the Airport Extreme, that is, Apple’s latest revision of the Airport Extreme, complete with Four Gigabit Ethernet ports, 802.11n Wifi (Wireless Internet), performing in the extremely harsh and dusty environment of the Nevada Black Rock Desert.
One feature of the sleek Airport that hadn’t been noticeable till today was that it has no ports or holes for dust to come through, it is completely encassed in a beautiful Ivory white case that is impervious to dust. Contrasting this to the many other wireless internet routers on the market shows a vast difference in the design philosophies between Apple and other Tech companies.
The linksys routers are peppered with holes to keep them cool, as are the D-link and Cisco wireless routers, after all, a wireless router is going to warm up beaming 802.11n Wifi (Five times faster and Twice as Far as previous generation routers), despite this challenge, Apple designers figure out a great design that keeps the router cool without exposing it’s sensitive electronics to Dust. This is one of the reasons why Three year old Apple Airports still sell for $75 (See Pic) while Two Year old D-Links and Linksys routers are found for $25 and under.
Remember this wonderful quality of the Airport Extreme when you’re choosing your next wireless router, the Airport is almost perfectly hermetically sealed and retains perfect working operation for many years through dust and harsh environments and will concurrently retain it’s value when you’re upgrading in three to five years.
