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New 2011 iMacs Can Reach Wi-Fi Speeds of 450 Mbits/s

Posted May 6, 2011 at 10:56am by iClarified · 9947 views
Similar to the new MacBook Pros, the new 2011 iMac can reach Wi-Fi speeds of 450 Mbits/s, according to HardMac.

It seems that Apple seeks to standardize this data flow. Thus, the new iMac is also compatible with the 450 Mbits/s. For that, Apple changed their Airport card and also installed 3 antennas (instead of 2 before), something indispensabie to be able simultaneously to use 3 channels of 150 Mbits/s.

HardMac notes that to achieve such speeds you need a compatible base station (ie Airport Extreme, Time Capsule) running 802.11n on 5GHz with widened channels enabled.

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