How do I upgrade my late 2012 27" iMac to support the new 802ac wifi?

I want to buy the new Airport Extreme to get super fast wifi, but as I understand it theres no use at the moment as the current latest versions of the iMac's only support up to 802n. Is this correct or will I need to upgrade the wifi chip in my iMac to be able to use the super fast capabilities of the new airport extreme?

I have to say thaat this is the sort of thing that reaally gets me! I've had my new iMac for a couple of months now so why oh why didn't they build it with 802.11ac? It's ludicrous that the only thing that supports it is the new MBA's!! Surely the new TC has been on the design table long enough that this could have been thought of in the latest iMacs and MBP's.
So I'll not be buying the latest TC (too tall to fit in my space anyway) but luckily there are some refurbished last gen TC's in the store for a reasonable price.

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I had originally updated to iwork '09 (off the app store)
I suggest you the following, it has been able to sort out many issues with Keynote so its worth a go:
1 - Remove iWork, (use Appcleaner from Freemacsoft to completely uninstall all iwork files, it is freeware)
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I want to upgrade my 2006imac with 3GB ram but mountain lion requires 4gb. Can I purchase mountain lion in the app store and it will install lion or will it just charge me $20 for an OS I can't use?

A 2006 iMac cannot run Mountain Lion at all. Mountain Lion only requires 2 GB of RAM, but your model has a video controller which doesn't support features required by Mountain Lion, so Mountain Lion does not support your model. The earliest iMac which can run Lion is the mid 2007 model (aluminium body). A full list of supported models is available here.
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What you did at last?
This is happening to me and I'm very disappointed and frustrated!
Is the first time I tried to use a headphones and the stupid machine doesn't work!
I already reseted PRAM and SMC also updated OS to 10.8.4
Is a HW problem?
Do I have to go to the store and lost ALL the time I already invested in SW install and file moving from my old laptop?
By the way I can see the light when I unplug the heardphones.
Before some help desk robot asks, YES, I tried 3 pair of phones ALL of them work well in my Vostro 3550, Samsung S3 and in my Nexus 7.
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I've read an awful lot in these forums about image persistence, and also the help articles that Apple published on this site about it. I'm aware that Apple acknowledges this as normal behavior for their displays.
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Internet Recovery, and Transferability of OS & iLife Apps
Selling an Old Mac:
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• Additionally, upgrading the OS on a Mac you intend to sell means that you are leaving personally identifiable information on the Mac since the only way to upgrade the OS involves using your own AppleID to download the upgrade from the App Store. So there will be traces of your info and user account left behind. Again, best to erase the drive and revert to the original OS via Internet Recovery.
Internet Recovery:
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Step One - Back up your data:
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2, Remove any Open Firmware passwords or Firmware passwords.
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