[Hidden-tech] Does this sound like a good computer deal?

[Jeff Rutherford]

I have a question for all the Mac enthusiasts on this site.

I'm seriously considering getting a Macbook. On the Apple site, there is
some vague info about using a Bluetooth-enabled cellphone to access the Web.

If I were to purchase a Macbook, I would need to use that feature early and
often. Is there anyone on this list doing that? How does it work?

Also, please don't send me a deluge of emails about the ease of Wi-fi
connections. I'm often on the road in certain areas with no nearby Wi-fi,
and I need to use a cellphone to access the web. 

What's your experience using a cellphone (bluetooth-enabled) to do this with
your Mac laptop?

Jeff


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I couldn't agree more. You are being 'had.'

And, here is a couple more reasons:

1. Advantage of dual core processor that ain't there, yet. 

I just read in an EE mag that there are still problems addressing dual core
processors. A company in Canada thinks they have this figured out. If that
is so, you can not do true multitasking. Whoops, did I just go again the
dogma of the Windows generation? Yes, I did. To run two tasks at the same
time requires two processors. That's what the 'duo' core is suppose to have.

So, if you can't do true multitasking with a new computer, why buy it? The
reason for the dual core processor is to do true multitasking. 

2. Memory. If all you do is writing & web browsing, and if a computer of 5
years ago would do the job then with 128K, why does the same word processor
need more memory now? 1Gb is cheap, but probably not necessary.

I run Word & Excel on several machines with memory sizes from 64M to 256 M.
I don't see any speed differences. Possibly there are differences, but my
old eyes blink slower than these differences...I don't see them.

Save your $$


Jim U.

jim at nationalwireless.com



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From: Dan Fried dan at creativeconstructs.com
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:21:27 -0500
To: az at a-zinternational.com, Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Does this sound like a good computer deal?


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