Wifi flaw halts NYC school Mac shipments

The New York Department of Education has halted an order on Macs due to a wireless connectivity issue with their infrastructure. Apple has been hard at work trying to resolve this issue and a fix is expected to come with a new Leopard release, most likely 10.5.3. For now the machines are being held at a Dell facility in Austin, Texas because of a contract the DOE has with Dell that allows them to handle all of the school system’s tech ordering. The schools are still able to order and receive machines that rely on a wired ethernet connection rather than wifi.

Apple has apologized in both an email and an Apple product catalog notice for the two month delay. The company has been franticly working on this issue in hopes of getting the machines shipped as soon as possible. Hopefully Apple gets 10.5.3 out soon because I have been experiencing wifi issues with my iMac as well and would love to see this problem resolved for everyone.

Via [AppleInsider]