Airport Extreme for $150 after rebate

[DavidS]

http://www.adorama.com/ACME918LLA.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=cj_552179&cvosrc=affiliate.cj.552179

We are hopefully moving into a new, larger house next month. Our current house is wired with Ethernet ports, but the new house is not, so I'm looking for a router with 802.11ac. This is a good deal for the Airport Extreme, but are there better routers out there? My current router is a Buffalo at 802.11n, but my wife's iPhone 6 and MacBook Air can use ac speeds.

[Spiff]

I have found, in my limited experience, that Airport extreme systems are pretty darn good and very easy to set up and manage. The range of them are pretty good, especially with the 5 ghz setting set up as high as it will go.

YMMV. I think Buffalo routers are also pretty darn good.

[decay]

Some dislike the limited scope of setup and the ability to manage thru a browser.

How is Adorama with rebates?

there's a refurb from Apple for $129
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FE918L...rt-extreme

[GuyGene]

I love my AirPort Extremes (two), and my Express. They seem to last about forever! I still have the very first AirPort Base Station Apple ever sold, the one with the phone line for dial up wirelessly.

[DavidS]

decay wrote:
there's a refurb from Apple for $129
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FE918L...rt-extreme

:brainfart:
I didn't think to check Apple.com refurbished. Even better. Thanks!

[OWC Jamie]

$130 at Apple refurb store

although I find the mavericks and yosemite version of the software interface extremely frustrating to figure out where they've hidden things especially without reading the operator's manual that it doesn't come with.

[silvarios]

billb wrote:
$130 at Apple refurb store

although I find the mavericks and yosemite version of the software interface extremely frustrating to figure out where they've hidden things especially without reading the operator's manual that it doesn't come with.

Is it much different from the big redesign circa Lion?

[OWC Jamie]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=billb]
$130 at Apple refurb store

although I find the mavericks and yosemite version of the software interface extremely frustrating to figure out where they've hidden things especially without reading the operator's manual that it doesn't come with.

Is it much different from the big redesign circa Lion? I leaped from 10.6 to 10.9+
Utility 5.6 to 6.3

The 6.0 version came out with Lion so it is pretty much the same graphical eye candy POC.

* not a fan of having to mouse over an invisible secret spot and then having to also use secret key combos to invoke what used to be right there! in plain sight.
I guess I have lost any playstation mentality from decades ago.

[silvarios]

billb wrote:
I leaped from 10.6 to 10.9+
Utility 5.6 to 6.3

The 6.0 version came out with Lion so it is pretty much the same graphical eye candy POC.

* not a fan of having to mouse over an invisible secret spot and then having to also use secret key combos to invoke what used to be right there! in plain sight.
I guess I have lost any playstation mentality from decades ago.

I keep hoping for some improvements. Oh well.

[kj4btkljv]

billb wrote:
although I find the mavericks and yosemite version of the software interface extremely frustrating to figure out where they've hidden things especially without reading the operator's manual that it doesn't come with.

You should try the iOS Airport Utility... NOT!

I find that a terrible piece of software.

Jeff