ah! okay. I love their deals on refurb MBP.
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
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le nubian - May 04, 2011 7:12:47 am PDT #16674 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom Scola - May 04, 2011 9:22:58 am PDT #16675 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It Google Reader painfully slow for anyone else today?
tommyrot - May 04, 2011 9:24:19 am PDT #16676 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yes.
Steph L. - May 04, 2011 12:03:01 pm PDT #16677 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Embarrassing question that I think I know the answer to: the new laptop has 802.11n wireless; my current router is 5 years old (almost certainly it's 802.11b). Sooooo...it would slow me down unnecessarily to use the new laptop with the ancient router, right? I should get a zippy new router?
I'm assuming the answer to all of the above is yes, but I wanted to double-check.
Also: IT HAS NOT SHIPPED YET, OH THE PAIN.
Typo Boy - May 04, 2011 12:07:56 pm PDT #16678 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Depends on the speed of your connection between internet and router. If that is slow a fast router does nothing. Also I find slow connections painful but many don't mind them. Wont slow email noticeably. Will slow video and gaming and probably music. I notice with browsing many dont. I'm pretty impatient.
Steph L. - May 04, 2011 12:09:43 pm PDT #16679 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Depends on the speed of your connection between internet and router.
Is there a way to check it?
tommyrot - May 04, 2011 12:11:03 pm PDT #16680 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd say most high-speed internet connections these days are faster than 802.11b, so I'd recommend 802.11g at least. Also, if you connect to other devices in your home via WiFi, the 802.11b would slow those connections down a lot.
I have 802.11n laptops and an Apple Time Capsule that's also that speed. That makes Time Machine backups via WiFi much faster.
Typo Boy - May 04, 2011 12:11:08 pm PDT #16681 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
plug your computer in directly bypassing router than do a speed test. Maybe search for speakeasy san francisco a lot of people use that.
Typo Boy - May 04, 2011 12:12:07 pm PDT #16682 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tommy a lot of people have 2 Mips or less. especially if they have DSL rather than cable.
Steph L. - May 04, 2011 12:15:47 pm PDT #16683 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
plug your computer in directly bypassing router
You mean dig out the cable from the bottom of the mystery closet and connect it to the modem?
than do a speed test. Maybe search for speakeasy san francisco a lot of people use that.
Speakeasy san francisco is...a program?
I'm serious when I say I don't really know anything about this.
Also, I have no idea where the cable is that would connect the laptop to the modem (I lied; there is no mystery closet). That's why I got a laptop, so I don't have to deal with cables and shit.
Well, huh. I don't want to buy a new router if I don't need one, but it seems like an 802.11b router would be silly with an 802.11n laptop.