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AirPort Express packs a wallop.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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August 5, 2004
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Byline: Mike Langberg
Apple Computer's new AirPort Express is a four-trick pony: it creates a portable wireless network, moves music around the house, shares a printer and can increase the range of your existing wireless set-up.
A glossy white rectangle that resembles a big bar of soap, weighs 6.7 ounces and sells for $129, AirPort Express (www.apple.com/airportexpress) is a good deal if you want all its features.
But if you only need a lightweight WiFi base station to take on the road, competing products will do the job _ minus the sexy exterior _ for about two-thirds the cost.
WiFi, for those who haven't yet taken the plunge, works somewhat like a cordless ...