Question before i buy the Airport Express

I have a macbook.... the mircosoft laptops have something to where you can have the internet where ever and whenever well does apple have something like that and my question about the airport express... Say i go to the airport and don't want to pay 6.99 for 24 hours of internet use and i'm only there for 2 hours... So is it possible to just plug in the airport express and bam i'll have internet?

Rabbit911 wrote:
I have a macbook.... the mircosoft laptops have something to where you can have the internet where ever and whenever
Yes, it's usually called a wireless network card
well does apple have something like that
Yes, all Apple Macs have a built-in wireless card
and my question about the airport express... Say i go to the airport
Um... I think you're maybe getting confused over the name "AirPort". It's just a brand name: "Air" because the data travels over the air wirelessly, and "Port" because the point on a router where you connect a computer is called a "port".
It has nothing to do with the place you go to catch a flight on an airplane/aeroplane. Apple's Airport devices are just wireless home routers, just like similar devices from Netgear, D-Link et al.
and don't want to pay 6.99 for 24 hours of internet use and i'm only there for 2 hours... So is it possible to just plug in the airport express and bam i'll have internet?
Not unless you know how to hack into the existing wireless service they already provide, and that wouldn't require the wireless router, just your laptop.

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