How do the Apple Wireless Devices Compare?

I have a Motorola 3347-02-10ENT DSL router. I was thinking about disabling the wireless capability on the Motorola and upgrading to an Apple Airport Extreme and a couple of Expresses. I have a couple of quextions
Questions -
1- Should I even bother with disabling the Motorola as the wireless base and avoid the cost of the Airport Extreme? Has anyone made a comparison and found the Apple devices better? Any reasons why (for or against)?
2 - Instead of the Apple Airports, would it be worth waiting for the Netgear Powerline AV 500 Adapter that promises up to 500Mbps? Is this faster than the wireless solution?
Here is the diagram of my existing home network -
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/448361870506df1a88eao.jpg[/img]
Here is the diagram of my proposed home network after a couple of anticipated upgrades-
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/448249584001b60c3639o.jpg[/img]
Thank you all.
CDB

Sorry, can't give you specifics on a comparison of the Motorola and Apple AirPort Extreme, but would offer a general comment that your proposed system will place very heavy demands on a wireless network backbone.
Video streaming, gaming, etc. is going to be "iffy" in my opinion, because you need as much bandwidth as possible for the network.
If you decided to use the AirPort Extreme, it will handle Gigabit ethernet, 1000 Mbps. But, you would have to connect everything using CAT6 or CAT5e cabling, which may not be possible.
If you can't run the ethernet cable, the next best bet would be the powerline devices you mention. IF...they perform up to spec, they would offer a bit less than half of the bandwidth capability of gigibit ethernet, "up to" 500 Mbps, according to your post.
The very best wireless networks can handle up to a bit less than 300 Mbps. But, this is at 5 GHz and 5 GHz signals do not hold up well over distance or penetrate obstructions nearly as effectively as conventional 2.4 GHz wireless.
But, at 2.4 GHz, you are limited to a bandwidth of up to 130 Mbps. In theory, this will work for video streaming. In practice, it may be another matter if any interference issues arise.
Your network may work fine as proposed, but I would advise you to use ethernet where you can as a first choice, powerline second and wireless a distant third.

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