I had one bad experience with a Waterfield (would apply to any neoprene sleeve)— I had this metal luggage tag (gift from work) in my backpack, and it put a nice dent (very little) …

ok ........

Quote: Originally Posted by euphras It seems to (same form factor as the Apple Airport card), but i just wanna be sure. Link to the auction: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?…

And a real AirPort card will also work (with the latest updates) with WPA. WPA (WiFi Protected Access) is a security protocol that really works. WEP, on the other hand is a secur…

Thanks for your response! The reason i´m searching for alternatives are the really exploding prices for first gen. Airport cards on bay. half a year ago average end price was aroun…

Market forces are at work...and Apple just isn't making the original card anymore. Declining supply means increasing price. Sorry. I'd still jump on a real AirPort card because …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter And a real AirPort card will also work (with the latest updates) with WPA. WPA (WiFi Protected Access) is a security protocol that really w…

euphras, are you talking about an Orinoco card or an AirPort card? The latest AirPort update should upgrade just about all AirPort cards to handle WPA...

I´m talking about the Orinoco one. The original Airport cards are going for over 110-120 bucks on *bay Germany these days.

That's interesting the original Airport cards can be upgraded to support WPA. I would've considered one of them for my PowerBook had I known that.

There may be some particular models that just don't have the components to upgrade, but they should also be pretty old ones... I was first surprised at their upgrade potential whe…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter ...I was first surprised at their upgrade potential when someone posted that they had loaded the latest AirPort software and suddenly they h…

Even more interesting. Too bad the cards are so expensive. I would've preferred one instead.

Yeah very lame. I wont buy another iPod till 1. They adopt Firewire again. 2. USB gets lots faster.

i think it was to slim down the size of the pod. I could be wrong, but I believe the FW chipset takes up more room than the USB one.

Quote: Originally Posted by hickey i think it was to slim down the size of the pod. I could be wrong, but I believe the FW chipset takes up more room than the USB one. Per…

oh i wasnt saying i enjoy not having firewire, Im with you on needing FW. USB hurts me sometimes.

Quote: Originally Posted by hickey oh i wasnt saying i enjoy not having firewire, Im with you on needing FW. USB hurts me sometimes. Oh no I know you weren't saying that, …

For an iPod, USB2 is faster and cheaper than Firewire.

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell For an iPod, USB2 is faster and cheaper than Firewire. USB 2 is faster? How so?

Quote: Originally Posted by drainyoo USB 2 is faster? How so? The chipset they're using in the iPods is rather pokey (probably for low-power/heat) and USB2 comes out on top…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell For an iPod, USB2 is faster and cheaper than Firewire. No, USB 2.0 is overall SLOWER than Firewire This has been gone over so many times…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell The chipset they're using in the iPods is rather pokey (probably for low-power/heat) and USB2 comes out on top for transfer rates. Here are s…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin No, USB 2.0 is overall SLOWER than Firewire This has been gone over so many times. http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html It "has been gone…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell 1000 songs (assuming ~4MB/song) should take about 9 minutes over USB2 (based the benchmarks from CNet). Are you using USB1? USB1 would take ~1…