Well I'm no expert but having used wireless access points of various types all over my house, I will note the following.
Wireless G is rated higher but you won't notice that big of a difference when running on the internet.
Wireless B runs alot smoother than G in my honest opinion. I've had B in both of my ibooks and they get outstanding reception. Not only great reception, but I can load sites faster on my ibook wirelessly than I can on my PC with a direct connection.
Wireless G, all you ever hear is people complain about weak signal strength. When I first bought my G router, it wouldn't stay connected for more than 3 minutes or so...so on most chat programs with a real connection......up and down goes your connection.
I personally thing G is pretty buggy compared to B. As well, Extreme of G really isn't worth the extra money.
For reference, I'm running
Linksys B router
Belkin G router
Linksys wireless PC card(B)
Linksys wireless PCMCIA card(B)
Belkin wireless PCMCIA card(G)
Apple Airport Card(B)
Soon to be Apple Airport and we'll see how good that treats me!
As well, I've only ever owned a G3 ibook and the original Airport card...so I'm curious, what is the deal with the card size. I see somebody mentions above that you can't just swap them? That's pretty odd if you ask me. So, I couldn't put the airport extreme card in my G3 book, and a G4 book can't use the original? Just curious, good info to know
