pwharff
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Ok, I bought a new Dual 2.0 Ghz G5 about 2 months ago directly from an Apple retail store (Valley Fair, CA to be specific). I wanted my G5 with an internal Apple Bluetooth, but I bought one with the stock hardware because I didn't want to wait for a Build to Order G5. I figured that this wouldn't be a problem because I would just purchase the Apple bluetooth later and install it myself. WRONG! This cannot be done, you have to buy a third party D-Link USB bluetooth module and cannot buy an Apple bluetooth, according to an Apple rep. Why do they include the bluetooth antenna with every G5 Apple sells if you can't purchase the internal bluetooth? You may ask, this isn't much of a problem, right? Wrong again. I wanted to get the built-in one because I have a printer and scanner already taking up my current USB ports and I don't want to purchase an internal USB PCI card (which will most likely disable my sleep capability without drivers) just so that I can have Bluetooth ability.
There's 2 problems in my opinion:
1) The G5 being a Pro computer should have way more USB slots than the current G5's
2) Consumers should be able to purchase Apple internal bluetooth modules.
Does anyone have any suggestions that would not include buying a USB bluetooth module or buying an internal PCI USB card? Or does anyone know how I could get/aquire an Apple internal bluetooth module? I would pay a lot more than what Apple charges.
<pwharff>sighs with frustration</pwharff>
There's 2 problems in my opinion:
1) The G5 being a Pro computer should have way more USB slots than the current G5's
2) Consumers should be able to purchase Apple internal bluetooth modules.
Does anyone have any suggestions that would not include buying a USB bluetooth module or buying an internal PCI USB card? Or does anyone know how I could get/aquire an Apple internal bluetooth module? I would pay a lot more than what Apple charges.
<pwharff>sighs with frustration</pwharff>