What is the best 802.11ac adapter/dongle for the new iMac?

farrago, I just tried the ACA1 and it should be avoided at all costs. Mine died on me after 2 DAYS! It no longer powers on an i treated it VERY gently. I'm going to keep looking for a replacement. That said, when it did work, it was great, though if your HDD went to sleep, you had to unplug it and restart the driver 😟

Also, when it did work, when linked to my Airport Extreme( the new one for 2013) it was almost impossible to differentiate from a wired connection in terms of speed. very smooth.

To date the only thing that supports the New 802.11ac is the New Airport Extreme Base with Time Capsule. Period. It has only been out over 3 weeks. NO DONGELS or adapters yet

To date the only thing that supports the New 802.11ac is the New Airport Extreme Base with Time Capsule. Period. It has only been out over 3 weeks. NO DONGELS or adapters yet

Bearextender just came out with their 802.11ac Turbo model.

It's 802.11ac up to 867 Mbps with usb 3.0 and made for Mac (including mavericks drivers)

http://store.bearextender.com/products/bearextender-turbo-for-mac

Power-PC wrote:

Bearextender just came out with their 802.11ac Turbo model.

It's 802.11ac up to 867 Mbps with usb 3.0 and made for Mac (including mavericks drivers)

http://store.bearextender.com/products/bearextender-turbo-for-mac

Anyone try this? How does it compare to the EdiMax AC1200 Wireless Dual-Band USB Adapter EW-7822UAC http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=479&pl1_id=28&pl2_id=138

Any other good ones?

tkoyn wrote:

Power-PC wrote:

Bearextender just came out with their 802.11ac Turbo model.

It's 802.11ac up to 867 Mbps with usb 3.0 and made for Mac (including mavericks drivers)

http://store.bearextender.com/products/bearextender-turbo-for-mac

Anyone try this? How does it compare to the EdiMax AC1200 Wireless Dual-Band USB Adapter EW-7822UAC http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=479&pl1_id=28&pl2_id=138

Any other good ones?

I have tried the Edimax AC1200 adapter. It works great on Mavericks..i believe it can also work on Moutain Lion or other older version. Edimax has released Mavericks driver and you can downlaod from their website.

I do not compare it with other adapters yet.

However, Pcmag already compared many adapters for us 😉

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417341,00.asp

I'm interested in upgrading my at home network with an ac compatible router.

My current use of wifi is mainly on my macbook pro (early 2011) and a couple of mobile devices. When the new Apple TV is released with 11ac I'll buy that one too. However, I'm not interested in replacing my current macbook which only has USB 2 ports.

Will I get a noticeable speed burst on my macbook compared to the built in wifi or is it mainly an adapter to use when having USB 3 ports? I know that its backward compatible and will work but I need to know if its worth the effort compared to my current wifi.

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I agree that the Edimax 1200 is the way to go here. I bought a really cheap adapter and it crapped put on me after just a few weeks. So far so good with this new one. Cheers

This would be it - https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Edimax/EW7711MAC/

Please note: *The AC450 Wi-Fi USB is a dedicated 5GHz Wi-Fi adapter and does not support the 2.4GHz frequency band. Ensure that your wireless network(s) is dual band or a dedicated 5GHz signal.