I believe on later models it is, earlier models not.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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Betsy HP - Jan 25, 2005 10:12:42 am PST #1379 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
Jon B. - Jan 25, 2005 10:51:01 am PST #1380 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Not only is the throughput better on a wired connection, but it is also (IME) a lot more reliable. The wireless routers I've used have a habit of flaking out periodically. I have to reboot it before a device can see it again.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 10:54:18 am PST #1381 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I went wireless on my Series 2 when I moved into the new place here and so far it's been rock solid. I'm not transferring between Tivo's so I can't speak to the speed of that, but I do use the music streaming quite a bit.
My base is an Airport Extreme station from Apple. Also, all three of my powerbooks seem to be rock solid. At the moment I only have a small amount of Cat 5 running in the office and that's the way I hope to keep it. I'm planning to switch those connections over to GigE soon so that I can really have a fast connection to my effects and music server.
Lyra Jane - Jan 25, 2005 11:00:54 am PST #1382 of 10003
Up with the sun
Has anyone else had problems getting to Hotmail lately? My work computer (which, admittedly, is slow) has been giving me server errors whenever I try to access the site for over a week.
Fred Pete - Jan 25, 2005 11:12:04 am PST #1383 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I had no problems getting to Hotmail this morning, LJ.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 11:24:21 am PST #1384 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Is anyone using the Voice over IP technology for their phone line?
I'm looking at one of the Vonage/Linksys products for my FAX line.
Liese S. - Jan 25, 2005 11:55:51 am PST #1385 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm not, but my buddy uses Vonage and thinks it's great.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 11:58:20 am PST #1386 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Cool. I use my cell phone for everything and I'm tired of all the hidden charges and stuff on my landline bill. All I really need the line for is FAX and occasional voice calls.
Stephanie - Jan 25, 2005 12:21:30 pm PST #1387 of 10003
Trust my rage
Re: Applecare. One good thing about Applecare is that you have 1 year from your time of purchase (of your computer) to buy Applecare. I recently used this option as it's nice to not have to front the entire cost.
Also, if you are deciding between a 15" and 17" powerbook, I strongly suggest you physically see/hold both before buying. I have a 15" instead of the 17" because the 17" is just too big for where I generally want to use it.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 12:32:53 pm PST #1388 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
The 17" are quite wide and deep, that is very true.
I was looking at 15's when I got mine, and thought that the 17 would be too unwieldy. The thing that Apple got so right is making the 17 so thin. I carry it with me all over the country and have been quite amazed that the size hasn't bothered me.
I ended up on the 17 because the extra screen real estate trumped the potential hassles of a big machine. I do audio editing and being able to see a few more tracks on a mix is worth so much to me. I also do a lot of remote desktop control where I'll have up to 5 computers controlled from my laptop and again the extra screen area makes a big difference.