I used to use one of those. The range isn't very good.
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Jon B. - Mar 20, 2007 2:08:49 am PDT #928 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
Theodosia - Mar 20, 2007 4:58:56 am PDT #935 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"
One thing that I'm looking for is to be able to do an incremental backup of my iTunes files. Because since my DVD burner is a non-Apple, I can't use the iTunes built-in backup feature. :-(
le nubian - Mar 20, 2007 5:10:52 am PDT #936 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon,
LeNube - If you took apart your TiVo, installing a wireless card in a computer will probably be less tricky.
Oh really? Interesting. Maybe I will try this then! Thanks for all of your words of encouragement.
shrift - Mar 20, 2007 5:32:31 am PDT #937 of 25496
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
le nubian, in my experience, installing a wireless card in a desktop is relatively painless. (Getting the card to work after installed may involve some pain, but not so much that I'd advise against you doing this yourself.)