According to recent reports on the MacRumors forums, the newly updated Core 2 MacBook Pros are, like the new iMacs, sporting 802.11n hardware manufactured by Atheros. While Mac OS X certainly doesn’t yet support the full capabilities of this hardware, we’re likely to see a firmware or system update in the future to enable it.
All this speculation is linked to the upcoming release of the iTV, which is undoubtedly connected by as yet unfinished 802.11n hardware — more than likely the reason the sleek little gadgets aren’t on shelves yet. To stream all that high quality video, wireless protocols faster than the current 802.11g are necessary, and the standards simply aren’t ready yet. However, you can be sure Apple has been ready to ship faster wireless features for some time, and with these recent discoveries, they appear to be planning well in advance for what’s to come.
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