Will Apples New MacBook Pros Offer 3G Wireless?
Ever since the MacBook Air, a machine made for 3G wireless access, was released without built-in ability to connect to mobile wireless, I’ve been waiting for Apple to put 3G access in their laptops. Will my wait be over soon? A couple of things have happened in the last month that give me a bit of hope. Firstly, Apple has negotiated a 3G wireless plan with AT&T and other wireless carriers for their iPad device which is due with 3G in April. The plans are very reasonable – $14.99 for for 250MB/month or $29.99 for “unlimited access”. The iPads are open and can be used with any GSM carrier. Plans can be changed monthly or dropped entirely according to Apple’s iPad information. That cost is about half of the industry average for data plans. Verizon, for instance, charges $39.99 for 250GB and $60 for 5GB/month of data. Unlimited MacBook plans would likely be higher because the iPad is a more closed platform and won’t allow for data hungry applications like torrent clients. So what makes me
