I have both a NetGear something or other and an Airport Extreme: having become a Mac fanboy - or more precisely, a Mac fanoldfart - in the last year or so (after too many years of windoze and more recently Ubuntu Linux, fine alternative that it is), the Airport (and a MacBook or MacBook Pro to go with it), would be my highly recommended choice. And being able to add those amazing little Airport Express units to feed whatever additional analog speakers you might have is an extra bonus.

There. I said it, and I'm glad.

Regards,
David