The story of an Apple product with intergalactic design.
We know Apple for its famous and iconic products such as iPhone, iPad, Mac after Steve Jobs carved his legend as one of the greatest visionaries in the history of the technology industry. But the truth is that Californian society has greatly diversified its product strategy throughout its history
In fact, there was a time when Apple introduced extremely rare products like sneakers, watches, toys, umbrellas and even a clothing collection. But the device that we are going to show you below takes the prize. It was shaped like a UFO and was called “airport”.. Do you want to know what device it is and what its function was? Keep reading!
We are talking about the first generation of the Apple AirPort, a curious conical-shaped device whose project ended up being canceled…
Apple AirPort Extreme, the Apple UFO that ended up disappearing from the market
Apple released the AirPort Extreme in January 2003, a Wi-Fi station supporting 802.11ny 802.11ac. allowed Data transfer speeds up to 54 Mbps and had a slot to insert AirPort Extreme cards.
In the following video (minute 4:24), you can find out more about this curious Apple device.
Apple’s original AirPort Extreme station featured a processor Au1500 AMD Alchemy based on the MIPS architecture. For their part, the AirPort Extreme cards used a Lucent chip with 128-bit encryption
It was an ideal device for create a wireless network accessible to all Mac computers in a home, office or any other location such as a cafe or store. Additionally, it was also compatible with computers running Windows.
Its configuration was really simple, the AirPort installation wizard took care of all the work of configuring the software by transferring all the parameters from the Internet network. Unfortunately, Apple ended up discontinuing the device. Today, it is more than just a collector’s item.
