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Hmmm. I'm not sure where to find out what wireless chipset the computer has.
Now that I think about it, there's an easier way. Just boot off the Ubuntu CD and see if wireless works. If it doesn't, then it is probably a problematic chipset. I think you can pretty much get anything to work, but sometimes it can be a hassle.
Just boot off the Ubuntu CD and see if wireless works.
Yep. One of the wonders of the CD is that you can really try out the OS -- it's not just a bit of marketing, but a way to test out things like your wireless card, pretty much invisibly. I wish the not-free OSes would do such a thing, but they'll never get there for all kinds of non-technical reasons.
I wish the not-free OSes would do such a thing, but they'll never get there for all kinds of non-technical reasons.
You could make a bootable DOS CD....
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You honestly think we don't have one somewhere around the house?
Just boot off the Ubuntu CD and see if wireless works. If it doesn't, then it is probably a problematic chipset.
Cool--thanks!
You honestly think we don't have one somewhere around the house?
I would not bet against it.
search for olympus voice recorders on amazon. there are a few that get good ratings that aren't too expensive.
Yeah, my friend recommended Olympus too. I'm not sure what my budget is since I don't know what these things run. Probably twenty or thirty bucks? Definitely not more than fifty.
you can get some decent ones for under $50. check 'em out.
I just got that gmail server error someone was asking about earlier.
I have an Apple Store question. Work is looking to buy a Mini, but I want to max out the RAM. Is that something I can buy at a local Apple Store? With the RAM already in it? They are not answering the phone, and I'd hate to drive all the way down there, just to order it online.
Palm Pulls the Plug On Palm OS
BobB-nw writes to tell us that Palm has decided to kill their PalmOS operating system and is instead betting their future on a still mostly unknown Palm webOS. Very little is known about the new Palm webOS, but it will supposedly support HTML5 and enable a local data store so that applications can be used both online and off. All of this is rolled into a Linux framework with a message bus based on JSON. Will be interesting to see where they take it.