Intel Unveils its Centrino 802.11n

PC manufacturers and assemblers were urging Intel to release its 802.11n solution, especially after recent Apple announcements.

As for Apple products, after a firmware update, this Intel WiFi card will be compatible with 802.11 a/b/g drafted-n with 2.4 and 5GHz frequency. Such WiFi card is also supposed to drain less power, while the 802.11n id not finalized yet, Intel will use a labeling "Connect with Centrino" for compatible models. The WiFi Alliance might also be pressure by Intel to get current specification as final ones, in order to finally be able to massively launch 802.11n-based devices and peripherals. Apple will also have to speed up availability of its Apple TV.
In the MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo, if one looks carefully, the airport card looks very similar to the unveiled Intel WiFi-n card, so we might get the Intel model in the future MacBook revisions.

Airport Extreme cards found in Mac Intel Core Duo would be upgraded via the fee-based firmware update, but they are also using the same connector. So in theory one could exchange the Airport card, with the new one from Intel; but as 802.11n required 3 antennas, one will have to deploy a third cable/antenna required by MIMO.