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February 25, 2006
MacBook Pro Airport Reception Improved
A lot of people have been asking about the Airport reception in the new MacBook Pro and I'm happy to report that it's at least 25 percent better than my PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz) in most situations. When the two 'Books are next to each other the MacBook Pro consistently gets one more bar of Airport reception than the PowerBook G4 - sometimes two. So when the PB has three bars the MBP will have four; when the PB has two, the MBP has three (or four), and so on.
The improved Airport reception is probably partly due to the new location of the Airport antenna on the MacBook Pro. Although its location in the display hinge is significantly lower in altitude that the PowerBook's antennas (which are located in the top edges of the display bezel) the antenna area is much larger.
Another factor that could contribute to the increase in Airport reception on the MBP is that the Airport card is now allegedly connected to the PCI Express bus - although I have not confirmed this yet.
Posted by jasonogrady at February 25, 2006 1:45 PM
Category: MacBook Pro
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thanks for all the news on the macbook pro, btw!
What are the signal numbers you get from the commandline?
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -I
Posted by: Jason at February 25, 2006 7:50 PM
Funny, I've found the exact opposite to be the case, 1 bar less on the macbook pro than the G4 1.67 GHz, and it's been dropping 1x day whereas the PowerBook has not.
Posted by: Dylan Schiemann at March 8, 2006 1:44 PM
