Apple may be preparing to put the AirPort brand to rest with Lion: they’ve changed references on OS X 10.7 from “AirPort” to “Wi-Fi” universally across the system. But why?
As TUAW notes:
The change resolves a common issue for Mac neophytes, who often search in vain for Wi-Fi controls on their new Macs only to find something confusingly called AirPort.
I doubt that’s the only reason, though. More likely is that Apple is ready to consign the Airport brand to the dustbin of history. Supplies of Airport routers are already constrained. Maybe Apple has a relaunch in mind… maybe those Time Capsules running iOS and A5 CPUs we heard about.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
