I have the newest airport extreme with 802.11ac capablities, and I was wondering if I could upgrade the wifi card in my 2012 MBA, model # A1466
is this possible?
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012)
meant to add that I wanted to upgrade to the MBA 13' wireless card that supports 802.11ac. will this work? and could you provide me any links to get started?
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In the case of the MacBook Air, you can't replace the wireless card, so you need to keep the 802.11n AirPort card.
Instead, you can get a USB Wi-Fi dongle with 802.11ac compatibility if you really need connection to 802.11ac networks. Make sure you get one compatible with Mac OS X
is it worth it? does the 802.11ac provide any drastic improvement to just regular 802.11n? is it worth the additional money? I'm pulling around 100 MB sec internet dl speed now and about 80 MB ul. will those numbers go even higher with 802.11ac? and enough to make it a worthwhile purchase?
If your Internet speed is higher than the speed you get now on your MacBook Air, 802.11ac may give you a better speed, but I think you have a 100 Mb connection, so you don't need 802.11ac
if you router supports it you could get better range, signal strength even with what you have now.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008HO9D7M/
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-Router-Gigabit-R6300/dp/B0081H8TRA/
check this out: http://quickertek.com/products/QCard2.html
It looks like the need is more justified now since macOS Sierra's auto unlock feature seem using iwatch seems to require the 802.11ac connection.
Don't think it will work. Notches are not correct. See this:
Not if those notches allow fit, anyway.
Wireless is always slower than the alternative, don't expect much improvement.
can you upgrade a 2012 macbook air, airport card to the 802.11ac card in the 13' MBA's? Will it work?
