LeNube - If you took apart your TiVo, installing a wireless card in a computer will probably be less tricky.
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Jon B. - Mar 19, 2007 4:33:21 pm PDT #925 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
dcp - Mar 19, 2007 6:30:19 pm PDT #926 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Might there be such a thing as a wireless "pod" that attaches to a desktop computer via USB or suchlike?
Absolutely. I picked up one of these [link] cheap at Best Buy over a year ago. I could only afford the one, and I wanted something that I could swap between my desktop (W98) and my laptop (WinMe) when necessary. It's worked out pretty well.
Theodosia - Mar 20, 2007 1:17:48 am PDT #927 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooooh, nice! And a lot easier to deal with for a person like me!
Jon B. - Mar 20, 2007 2:08:49 am PDT #928 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I used to use one of those. The range isn't very good.
esse - Mar 20, 2007 2:28:30 am PDT #929 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yeah, I was going to say--I got one from Linksys for my parent's home Dell box, and the thing was no more than five feet from the wireless router and it dropped the signal at least once or twice an hour. I don't rec them at all; for a desktop it's worth getting the stronger and more stable card, and for laptops with a card bus, totally worth it to get an adapter.
Jon B. - Mar 20, 2007 2:52:19 am PDT #930 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Or at least get one of the larger-sized USB ones -- like the ones TiVO uses.
Theodosia - Mar 20, 2007 2:52:30 am PDT #931 of 25496
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Is there any cons to buying Roxio Toast 8 for my iBook that I should know about? Does anybody have personal experience with the program and what it does?
esse - Mar 20, 2007 2:59:11 am PDT #932 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I use it, and love it. Easy, intelligent interface that does both basic and higher-end functions without making it challenging. Great program.
Tom Scola - Mar 20, 2007 3:03:12 am PDT #933 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Toast doesn't give you the way cool animated smoke like Disco does, but really, it's hard to go wrong with Toast.
-t - Mar 20, 2007 4:00:58 am PDT #934 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm liking Toast. I just got it recently, mostly for the Tivo transfer feature, and gaven't explored its capabilities much, but what I have done with it has been very easy.