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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $69.99
You Save: $30.00 (30%)
New (15) Used (16) Refurbished (3) from $64.99
Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 140
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows & Macintosh
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 3 x 1.1 x 3.7
MPN: MB321LL/A
Model: MB321LL/A
UPC: 885909200979
EAN: 0885909200979
ASIN: B0015YJOK2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Just what I needed, times 3 August 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I use three of these boxes. I turned off the wifi on my ISP-provided router. I wired one of these boxes to the router and created a wireless-N network. Plug in a set of good computer speakers and suddenly I have a great wifi signal and iTunes music in the bedroom. The second box extends the wifi signal in the living room and is hooked to the stereo. Presto, iTunes in there, too. The last box provides the same benefits in the kitchen. Toss in Apple Remote on my iPhone and you have much of the functionality of a Sonos whole-house audio system at a fraction of the cost.
 Wow! I had no idea it could do this! August 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was looking to extend our wireless network (w/Time Machine as the base). As part of doing that, I discovered that this little unit can actually stream music to my nearby stereo, using my iPhone (or Macbook Pro) as the remote control! It took less than 10 minutes to extend my network AND get music (and Podcats) playing perfectly on our Onkyo receiver. The Airport Express shows up on my iPhone (using the free Remote application from Apple), and as a destination option from iTunes itself. I can even control the volume from the iPhone or iTunes. If I add another one of these puppies, I can have music in multiple rooms. Good to see that Apple really does put thought into their products. Good luck to Dell in theirs to play catch-up...
Airport Express is the right name for this product August 14, 2008
Having read some of the negative comments about this device, I was a bit doubtful of it but, went ahead and bought one regardless. Like so much of what goes with a Mac it works well ...like it's supposed to, and it was a breeze to install.
The only bump in the road was connecting a Vista based PC which, through some electronic hiccup, only connects to the LAN occasionally. Because the Mac is my main 'puter, the Vista PC connection problem is no big deal; besides, what else is new with Windoze?
The Airport Express is a good investment and one that I'm happy I made.
Great product with limitations August 12, 2008
I bought this product because I hated attaching additional cables to my laptop to play music. However, as you will easily notice, it's only for itunes. I found this limiting so i download AirFoil which unleashes the Airport Express and lets you source music from any type of source (System, Application, Etc). Windows I'm not sure...I'm a mac user. Outside of the listed above reasons...it's a great product and works as stated!
Not as easy as Apple would like you to believe August 11, 2008
It works fine now that it is working. Even using a G card in my Lenovo laptop I get a much stronger signal than I got with the old LinkSys WRT54G. The internet on the laptop seems much faster.
It took about 1 1/2 on the phone with Apple at 6:00 AM. (Apple phone support is 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday). I was surprised that the call had to be escalated to 2d level support for a "simple" installation.
I was a little disappointed that at the end of the day, despite Apple's attempt to sell people on the ease of use of its products, this device was no easier to install and configure than the LinkSys.
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