Customer Reviews

Apple MB363Z/A Airport Extreme Wireless Upgrade Kit - network adapter

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I installed this in my Mac Pro. I'm running a 2 x 3 Ghz Dual-Core intel Xeon computer, made in 2007. I installed it myself, which was easy enough, but I've worked with computers before, if you haven't I recommend to use A LOT OF PATIENCE. As it's tiny screws, and tiny plugs. But it's easy enough. It's running on the 802.11 g network, although it does run on any a/b/g/n. So if I buy the airport express, I can easily upgrade.
Very very happy that I have this, as now my internet doesn't need the cord. And if you live in a city, you can more than likely find a friendly person to share the internet with you and save 50 some bucks a month.

Buy this if you want wireless internet for a Mac Pro. So far I've seen them work in every Mac Pro, from the 2006 models, right up to the 2009 models.

This is pretty much the card you have to get for your mac tower. Other cards I've tried do not integrate as well with the OSX operating system (they do not use the network preference pane for configuration), or are missing key features (enterprise level wireless security). This card handles everything, has a good range, and is installed discreetly inside the case. It'll also work for most of the mac pro towers, I installed my card in a 2006 tower.

The down side is that installation is a complete pain in the behind. Bring your jeweller's size phillips head screwdriver, and a pair of steady hands. The card needs to fit inside a very small riser that runs parallel to the card. The tension in the card will force it up, and if you don't have your hand on the tiny screws just right, they'll go flying somewhere inside the case. Finding them and getting them out at that point is a big pain... and yes, it happened to me.

I'm docking a star for the installation hassles, and the fact that the card looked nothing like the picture. However, it's an official Apple product, and works fine.

this product works great, its a little tough to install if you have big hands. i dropped one of the tiny screws while i was installing and is gone forever, but the card stays put with just one screw.

I bought this for a summer Lion hackintosh project, so my need for the card is specific to Mac OS X. It works just fine, like any wifi card should. The only issue is that Lion does not recognize it as an Apple-branded AirPort card, just as wifi. As far as I can tell, this only affects a couple of services, like AirDrop. But if you're trying to make a really vanilla system, you might want to steer clear of this, as it won't show up as an AirPort unless you're into kext or plist editing. While I haven't tried it yet, I hear this card works OOB as an AirPort Extreme: Atheros AR5BXB92 Wireless Card 802.11B/G/N

The card is available at a great price unfortunately like many others complained about the installation is annoying. I was able to figure out the install using the directions from this site: Also the antennas don't seem to connect in any way that makes sense but after getting the card in place a little bit of pressure snapped them in place. Terrible design on Apple's end but finally having wireless internet for $45 was a relief. Good luck with your Macs!

My specs:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549

Model Name: Mac Pro (2007)
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.7f10

This product was delivered on time and works perfectly in my Mac Pro.

Only issue that I had wasn't with the product itself but finding the antenna for the wireless and attaching it to the card. The antenna wires are stored behind drive bay 1 & 2 with a little bit of tape holding them to an area right near the bay 1 and 2 SATA connectors with the terminals tucked behind the motherboard a bit.

Once I had the wires out and the card in I realized that it would be much more easy to attach the antenna wires to the card with the card not mounted on the motherboard. With the card in hand, and a good amount of light on the subject the antenna wires attached quickly. I then re-mounted the wireless card to the motherboard, plugged everything back together and turned the computer on.

So nice to have the ability to use my wireless network.

I thought I ordered the wrong part upon arrival. I sent an email to try to figure it out. Soon after, I received an email confirming it was in fact the correct part, I installed it and it's working correctly. The antenna install was the hardest part, but that's not your fault! Thank you very much for your communication.

This is the second airport card purchased on Amazon for my used Apple G5. The first card I received was not the one advertised. Fortunately the reseller refunded my money. This card was the right profile, and installed easily enough, but the modem must not be compatible because it fails to recognize my wireless network. I've spent a few hours going through tech support manuals and am ready to give up. Again, it appears that while the ad promoted compatibility, the card is not compatible and the ad was wrong. Buyer beware.