AirPort

AirPort was a brand of implementations of wireless connectivity protocols (802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, and 802.11ac) that were marketed by Apple.
==Development history==
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Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs met with executives from on April 20, 1998 to discuss their technology tentatively named Wireless LAN. Jobs asked them to design a radio card for 50 so that Apple could market it as an AirPort card for $99. It was introduced by Jobs on July 21, 1999 at Macworld Expo New York as an option for the iBook G3, which became the world's first Wi-Fi enabled laptop.How a 1998 meeting with Steve Jobs gave birth to Wi-Fi by Claus Hetting, Wi-Fi Now. 2018-09-19.
==Compatibility==
The iBook G3 cannot use newer AirPort Extreme cards.
==References==
==See also==
* AirPort Base Station
* AirPort cards
* AirPort Extreme
* AirPort Express
==External links==
*Introducing AirPort at Apple (archived 1999-10-05)
**AirPort Support at Apple Support
*Wi-Fi Capable Macs (Airport) at EveryMac
*AirPort at Low End Mac (1999-08-17)
* at Wikipedia
 
Category:1999 introductions