Airport extreme g upgrade to N

Hi,
I bought my macbook black 2 years ago and it comes with airport g. I will like to upgrade to Airport N as i heard it is quicker and moreover virgin will be offering 50mb soon but they say it wont work with g. How can i upgrade to airport n? is is expensive? do i need to buy anything? internal card? do i need to download a software? help!!!

Your MacBook, if it has the Core 2 Duo processor, would be eligible for the "n" enabler which would upgrade the current AirPort Extreme built in for 802.11n. You can get the enabler from here: AirPort Extreme 802.11n* Enabler for Mac. (Note: The enabler is also available on the 802.11n AirPorts' installation CD.)

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