He works for the federal government; there is no way they are buying him a Mac. He likes to work on his own machine and thinks it works better, but my guess is he's not actually supposed to use it for work. There are all sorts of wacky rules and procedures about this stuff. To get the internet connected in his office at work, he had to put in a requisition to a work group in Oregon.

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I used to have about two dozen of the ACE 1200 models I grabbed out of the pile someone dropped off at the city dump in my hometown.

God I ad fun tearing them apart and got a good many of them to work.

Alas, I eventually had to dispose of them.

At least I don't think there are any more at my mom's house...

This is less about technology and more about, well, phone contracts but I am wondering how one gets an iPhone if your cell phone provider is not AT& T. I have until October 17 with my current t-mobile contract- would I just wait until then? How do you then make sure you keep your number?

I have lost my cell phone, so I thought it would be a perfect time to upgrade, but I have no idea how!

Okay, others might chime in here, but I believe the only way for you to use an iphone on t-mobile is to buy an unlocked iphone (and it may need to be jailbroken as well, but I'm not sure).

I might check ebay and see which ones are unlocked away from at&t service.

I am OK switching to AT & T, but I literally do not know how to go about it-- like do you cnacel t-mobile and pay their fee first, then buy the phone, then sign up with ATT, or do you buy the phone, transfer your number, then cancel the t-mobile.

I have never switched carriers before.

I'm not sure the iPhone 4 has been jailbroken or unlocked yet. The earlier models have, but you'd have to get them on the grey market.

If you'd rather just wait until your T-Mobile contract runs out, it's easy - Apple/AT&T will handle everything for you in terms of switching on your service.

Sophia,

you might still be able to get an iphone 3gs if you don't want to deal with the iphone 4 drama.

Jessica's right, ATT will handle the phone number switch, etc. I don't know how long it takes, but it can be pretty efficient. No need to get a new number if you don't want one.

You may want to call tmobile just see how much the cancellation fee is, but I think you will need to cancel the acct with them after att has made the switch.

I think you will need to cancel the acct with them after att has made the switch.

Every time I've switched carriers this has been automatic as long as I was porting the number.

good to know Jessica.

I have never changed carriers, so I don't about this.

Thank you! I am not very good on the phone so I like to know what I am getting into going in.