Ok, ready to send my mac into wireless internet zone

Hello everyone! I have a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio and would like to know some specifics between the original Airport Card and Airport Extreme. I know that the lower end Mac G4's don't support the new Airport Extreme card, however I was wondering if there is an alternative card that I can use to achieve lightning fast internet speeds through wireless. Is there a G or N based card out there, and is it possible to make use of Airport Extreme through 3rd party cards?
Thanks!
Nadav

For anybody still looking,
Well you really don't want the original Airport card if you have anything Apple Airport Extreme. The original Airport cards transmits in either "A" or "B" and the Extreme is "G" with the third + generation Extreme's being "N" upgradeable. For argument sakes "A" transmits at 1Mbs, "B" being 10Mbs, "G" being 50Mbs and "N" is like 100+Mbs. If you have a "B" card in a "G" network your network will reduce DOWN to B standards. I'm not sure if the third gen Extremes still downgrade or not. If all you are going to do in surf the internet then no problem but any large file transfers would take a hit not to mention you have a Yugo trying to keep up with Mercedes. You paid the bucks to have Extreme why not keep it that way.
There are plenty of third party PCI or Cardbus cards that you can get for the wireless system you are using and probably cost less then the original Airport cards.
For my TiBook i got the Buffalo WLI-CB-AG54 for almost half the price of the original Airport card. No drivers just plug and play, and backward compatible to "A" & "B". The only difference is the drop down menu shows "B" instead of "G" but it does transmits at "G", and I was told that would happen before I bought the card. I was thinking on getting a PCI card for my towers but they are inside desks and to i'm lazy to redo everything. They do make wireless cards that have a lenght of cable to move the ant. where you need it.

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