Purchasing an Airport Express card...Is this the right move?
Hey Folks,
I've recently been given an older iMac (it's the all in one purple one from around 99-2000) i talked to two different apple employees in two different stores (chicago and milwaukee) the concensus sounds like i need to purchase the "airport express card" and open up the hatch and install it manually in order to get the wirless internet that is already hooked up in my apartment builing. Is this the right purchase? i'm not clear on if this mac is airport ready, and am worried that 120 bucks later i will find out the hard way, any suggestions/advice?
thanks everyone!
Jason my model is most certainly the Mac Rev C, i copied and pasted the information available below, turns out it is the Grape Imac, what does this mean for my wireless connectivity, and does this change my purchasing options, thank you so much for you help!
CPU
CPU: PowerPC 750
CPU Speed: 266 MHz
FPU: integrated
Bus Speed: 66 MHz
Data Path: 64 bit
ROM: 1 MB ROM + 3 MB toolbox ROM loaded into RAM
RAM Type: 144 pin SO-DIMM
Minimum RAM Speed: 100 MHz
Onboard RAM: 0 MB
RAM slots: 2
Maximum RAM: 256 MB
Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction
Level 2 Cache: 512 kB backside, 1:2
Video
Monitor: 15"
VRAM: 6 MB SGRAM
Max Resolution: 24 bit 1024x768
Storage
Hard Drive: 6 GB
ATA Bus: EIDE
Optical Drive: 24x CD-ROM
Input/Output
USB: 2
Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini
Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini
Speaker: stereo, SRS
Microphone: mono
Networking
Modem: 56 kbps
Ethernet: 10/100Base-T
Miscellaneous
Codename: Lifesavers
Gestalt ID: 406
Power: 80 Watts
Dimensions: 15.8" H x 15.2" W x 17.6" D
Weight: 40 lbs.
Minimum OS: 8.5.1
Maximum OS: 10.3.9
Introduced: January 1999
Terminated: April 1999
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