Comments on: Microsoft says bye-bye to Wi-Fi

Despite quickly becoming one of the leading sellers of wireless networking products, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its entire line of Wi-Fi gear, CNET News.com has learned.

[tbeckner]

Microsoft's New Theme; Failure to Compete

It's beginning to become a major theme at Microsoft, the failure to compete. My company has made a decision today to no longer invest in new hardware products from Microsoft, unless these products exist in long-term well established product lines.

[smkatz]

Apple should fill the void

Microsoft products were designed to be equalivent to what Apple offered, with of course greater security defaults (I think).. which I praise Microsoft for.

They need to design an encryption mechanism that shares keys nicely between devices.. hexadecimal is too complicated for the average user.

In any case, Apple should fill the void. For now, I recomend NetGear. No problems with those routers ever. If you have a Centrino notebook, it's worth it to get a Centrino certified model--get a router, not an access point; you avoid bridging and switching that way.

[bigjim01]

This stinks

Now I know why I had a problem in which I could not find the kit that I was looking for at MicroCenter. These were the best in the business and I am not sure what I would recommend now.