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From: R&B on 4 Aug 2010 13:17 On 2010-08-04 02:10:57 -0400, dene said: > "Kommienezuspadt" <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote in message > news:qn26o.35303$Bh2.27325(a)newsfe04.iad... >> >> "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message >> news:8brjojFnl6U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> >>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >>> news:fsng56ds78hrm3q67sc8oqnvrol685lj15(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:29 -0400, William Clark >>>> <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You can't tether the iPhone to a computer and use it as a modem. That > is >>>>> one feature that AT&T blocked, and which draws the loudest complaints. > I >>>>> believe, but I'm not sure, that iPhones that have been jailbroken can >>>>> tether. Apple continues to be pressed on tethering, but I think that >>>>> AT&T is so wedded to selling users a USB modem data plan, thay simply >>>>> won't budge. >>>> >>>> AT&T has just offered tethering for an additional $20 monthly if you >>>> use their DataPro plan. >>>> >>>> I'm with Randy though...if I need to go to the Internet I just use the >>>> iPhone. Plus, I have never once texted anyone, so no way I upgrade to >>>> any data plan. >>>> >>>> BK >>> >>> I looked into it and may consider it. One neat feature is that if you >>> elect >>> the tethering feature, you add 2 gigs to the existing data plan. That's > a >>> winner for my wife, who has the limited plan. Another feature is that >>> there >>> is no wire. The phone acts like a wireless wifi router. In fact, you > can >>> connect two laptops to one phone. Pretty cool, when you consider the >>> alternative of patiently waiting for the wife to get off the laptop. >>> >>> -Greg >>> >>> >> >> laptops are cheap -- we have 2 in the living room! > > Yeah....got a couple three myself. The problem is when we're in our RV or > on a boat. Being able to share one connection at one time would be nice. > > -Greg Windows laptops are cheap. Mac laptops? Not so much. Not the "MacBook Pro" laptops anyway (which are the only ones I'd have -- I have a 17" and love it). Since making the switch to Mac nearly 3 years ago (I now have the one laptop and two iMacs, and am about to get another), I've only regretted not making the switch much, much sooner. Sadly, I have to keep one Windows machine (to run Quick Books for my company, since Intuit's Mac version of Quick Books is HORRIBLE). I bought a new Windows 7 machine this past Spring and the damn thing crashed three times the first week. I *hate* Windows, and I just laugh every time I see one of those idiotic Windows 7 commercials on TV where people say, "Windows 7 was my idea." Was it your idea for the operating system to keep crashing, too? Now we hear that Windows 8 is already on the way. Maybe the next round of TV spots will feature one of those "regular people" saying, "Windows 7 was my idea," and then Bill Gates emerges from behind the curtain to tell them, "Well, then you're fired!" LOL! Randy
From: Alan Baker on 4 Aug 2010 13:24 In article <2010080413174055869-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>, "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: > On 2010-08-04 02:10:57 -0400, dene said: > > > "Kommienezuspadt" <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote in message > > news:qn26o.35303$Bh2.27325(a)newsfe04.iad... > >> > >> "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message > >> news:8brjojFnl6U1(a)mid.individual.net... > >>> > >>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > >>> news:fsng56ds78hrm3q67sc8oqnvrol685lj15(a)4ax.com... > >>>> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:29 -0400, William Clark > >>>> <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> You can't tether the iPhone to a computer and use it as a modem. That > > is > >>>>> one feature that AT&T blocked, and which draws the loudest complaints. > > I > >>>>> believe, but I'm not sure, that iPhones that have been jailbroken can > >>>>> tether. Apple continues to be pressed on tethering, but I think that > >>>>> AT&T is so wedded to selling users a USB modem data plan, thay simply > >>>>> won't budge. > >>>> > >>>> AT&T has just offered tethering for an additional $20 monthly if you > >>>> use their DataPro plan. > >>>> > >>>> I'm with Randy though...if I need to go to the Internet I just use the > >>>> iPhone. Plus, I have never once texted anyone, so no way I upgrade to > >>>> any data plan. > >>>> > >>>> BK > >>> > >>> I looked into it and may consider it. One neat feature is that if you > >>> elect > >>> the tethering feature, you add 2 gigs to the existing data plan. That's > > a > >>> winner for my wife, who has the limited plan. Another feature is that > >>> there > >>> is no wire. The phone acts like a wireless wifi router. In fact, you > > can > >>> connect two laptops to one phone. Pretty cool, when you consider the > >>> alternative of patiently waiting for the wife to get off the laptop. > >>> > >>> -Greg > >>> > >>> > >> > >> laptops are cheap -- we have 2 in the living room! > > > > Yeah....got a couple three myself. The problem is when we're in our RV or > > on a boat. Being able to share one connection at one time would be nice. > > > > -Greg > > > Windows laptops are cheap. Mac laptops? Not so much. Not the > "MacBook Pro" laptops anyway (which are the only ones I'd have -- I > have a 17" and love it). > > Since making the switch to Mac nearly 3 years ago (I now have the one > laptop and two iMacs, and am about to get another), I've only regretted > not making the switch much, much sooner. > > Sadly, I have to keep one Windows machine (to run Quick Books for my > company, since Intuit's Mac version of Quick Books is HORRIBLE). I > bought a new Windows 7 machine this past Spring and the damn thing > crashed three times the first week. I *hate* Windows, and I just laugh > every time I see one of those idiotic Windows 7 commercials on TV where > people say, "Windows 7 was my idea." Was it your idea for the > operating system to keep crashing, too? Randy: you can get a number of different virtualization products (Parallels, VMware Fusion, etc.) that allow you to run Windows at the same time as Mac OS X on your Mac. It's a perfect solution to the "I have one program that I have to use Windows for" issue. > > Now we hear that Windows 8 is already on the way. Maybe the next round > of TV spots will feature one of those "regular people" saying, "Windows > 7 was my idea," and then Bill Gates emerges from behind the curtain to > tell them, "Well, then you're fired!" :-) -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: William Clark on 4 Aug 2010 14:28 In article <alangbaker-4D7539.10240504082010(a)news.shawcable.com>, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > In article <2010080413174055869-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>, > "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: > > > On 2010-08-04 02:10:57 -0400, dene said: > > > > > "Kommienezuspadt" <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote in message > > > news:qn26o.35303$Bh2.27325(a)newsfe04.iad... > > >> > > >> "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message > > >> news:8brjojFnl6U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > >>> > > >>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > >>> news:fsng56ds78hrm3q67sc8oqnvrol685lj15(a)4ax.com... > > >>>> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:29 -0400, William Clark > > >>>> <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> You can't tether the iPhone to a computer and use it as a modem. That > > > is > > >>>>> one feature that AT&T blocked, and which draws the loudest complaints. > > > I > > >>>>> believe, but I'm not sure, that iPhones that have been jailbroken can > > >>>>> tether. Apple continues to be pressed on tethering, but I think that > > >>>>> AT&T is so wedded to selling users a USB modem data plan, thay simply > > >>>>> won't budge. > > >>>> > > >>>> AT&T has just offered tethering for an additional $20 monthly if you > > >>>> use their DataPro plan. > > >>>> > > >>>> I'm with Randy though...if I need to go to the Internet I just use the > > >>>> iPhone. Plus, I have never once texted anyone, so no way I upgrade to > > >>>> any data plan. > > >>>> > > >>>> BK > > >>> > > >>> I looked into it and may consider it. One neat feature is that if you > > >>> elect > > >>> the tethering feature, you add 2 gigs to the existing data plan. That's > > > a > > >>> winner for my wife, who has the limited plan. Another feature is that > > >>> there > > >>> is no wire. The phone acts like a wireless wifi router. In fact, you > > > can > > >>> connect two laptops to one phone. Pretty cool, when you consider the > > >>> alternative of patiently waiting for the wife to get off the laptop. > > >>> > > >>> -Greg > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> laptops are cheap -- we have 2 in the living room! > > > > > > Yeah....got a couple three myself. The problem is when we're in our RV or > > > on a boat. Being able to share one connection at one time would be nice. > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > Windows laptops are cheap. Mac laptops? Not so much. Not the > > "MacBook Pro" laptops anyway (which are the only ones I'd have -- I > > have a 17" and love it). > > > > Since making the switch to Mac nearly 3 years ago (I now have the one > > laptop and two iMacs, and am about to get another), I've only regretted > > not making the switch much, much sooner. > > > > Sadly, I have to keep one Windows machine (to run Quick Books for my > > company, since Intuit's Mac version of Quick Books is HORRIBLE). I > > bought a new Windows 7 machine this past Spring and the damn thing > > crashed three times the first week. I *hate* Windows, and I just laugh > > every time I see one of those idiotic Windows 7 commercials on TV where > > people say, "Windows 7 was my idea." Was it your idea for the > > operating system to keep crashing, too? > > Randy: you can get a number of different virtualization products > (Parallels, VMware Fusion, etc.) that allow you to run Windows at the > same time as Mac OS X on your Mac. It's a perfect solution to the "I > have one program that I have to use Windows for" issue. > > > > > Now we hear that Windows 8 is already on the way. Maybe the next round > > of TV spots will feature one of those "regular people" saying, "Windows > > 7 was my idea," and then Bill Gates emerges from behind the curtain to > > tell them, "Well, then you're fired!" > > :-) Yes, just run Parallels or Boot Camp, and you can run Windows as well and fast as on a PC, and you have the blissful relief of being able to go back to OS X for sanity. It is amazing now how the Macs are making inroads into the science and engineering student market, where so many essential apps used to be PC only. The kids love them, and they are so much less demanding of technician time than PCs.
From: Carbon on 4 Aug 2010 15:03 On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:28:03 -0400, William Clark wrote: > In article <alangbaker-4D7539.10240504082010(a)news.shawcable.com>, Alan > Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: >> In article <2010080413174055869-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>, "R&B" >> <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: >> >>> Sadly, I have to keep one Windows machine (to run Quick Books for my >>> company, since Intuit's Mac version of Quick Books is HORRIBLE). I >>> bought a new Windows 7 machine this past Spring and the damn thing >>> crashed three times the first week. I *hate* Windows, and I just >>> laugh every time I see one of those idiotic Windows 7 commercials on >>> TV where people say, "Windows 7 was my idea." Was it your idea for >>> the operating system to keep crashing, too? >> >> Randy: you can get a number of different virtualization products >> (Parallels, VMware Fusion, etc.) that allow you to run Windows at the >> same time as Mac OS X on your Mac. It's a perfect solution to the "I >> have one program that I have to use Windows for" issue. > > Yes, just run Parallels or Boot Camp, and you can run Windows as well > and fast as on a PC, and you have the blissful relief of being able to > go back to OS X for sanity. It is amazing now how the Macs are making > inroads into the science and engineering student market, where so many > essential apps used to be PC only. The kids love them, and they are so > much less demanding of technician time than PCs. I third the virtualization suggestion. My primary computer is an i7 with 12 GB RAM running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 10.04. I have Windows 2008, 7 and XP, and also various other versions of Linux in Virtualbox virtual machines. I often run a half dozen of them or more at the same time without any apparent performance impact on the parent machine. RAM is cheap and PCs have come a long way in recent years.
From: Alan Baker on 4 Aug 2010 15:15
In article <clark-F0673C.14280304082010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, William Clark <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > In article <alangbaker-4D7539.10240504082010(a)news.shawcable.com>, > Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > > > In article <2010080413174055869-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>, > > "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: > > > > > On 2010-08-04 02:10:57 -0400, dene said: > > > > > > > "Kommienezuspadt" <NoSpam(a)NoThanks.net> wrote in message > > > > news:qn26o.35303$Bh2.27325(a)newsfe04.iad... > > > >> > > > >> "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message > > > >> news:8brjojFnl6U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > > >>> > > > >>> <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > > > >>> news:fsng56ds78hrm3q67sc8oqnvrol685lj15(a)4ax.com... > > > >>>> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:29 -0400, William Clark > > > >>>> <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> You can't tether the iPhone to a computer and use it as a modem. > > > >>>>> That > > > > is > > > >>>>> one feature that AT&T blocked, and which draws the loudest > > > >>>>> complaints. > > > > I > > > >>>>> believe, but I'm not sure, that iPhones that have been jailbroken > > > >>>>> can > > > >>>>> tether. Apple continues to be pressed on tethering, but I think > > > >>>>> that > > > >>>>> AT&T is so wedded to selling users a USB modem data plan, thay > > > >>>>> simply > > > >>>>> won't budge. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> AT&T has just offered tethering for an additional $20 monthly if you > > > >>>> use their DataPro plan. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I'm with Randy though...if I need to go to the Internet I just use > > > >>>> the > > > >>>> iPhone. Plus, I have never once texted anyone, so no way I upgrade > > > >>>> to > > > >>>> any data plan. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> BK > > > >>> > > > >>> I looked into it and may consider it. One neat feature is that if > > > >>> you > > > >>> elect > > > >>> the tethering feature, you add 2 gigs to the existing data plan. > > > >>> That's > > > > a > > > >>> winner for my wife, who has the limited plan. Another feature is > > > >>> that > > > >>> there > > > >>> is no wire. The phone acts like a wireless wifi router. In fact, > > > >>> you > > > > can > > > >>> connect two laptops to one phone. Pretty cool, when you consider the > > > >>> alternative of patiently waiting for the wife to get off the laptop. > > > >>> > > > >>> -Greg > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> laptops are cheap -- we have 2 in the living room! > > > > > > > > Yeah....got a couple three myself. The problem is when we're in our RV > > > > or > > > > on a boat. Being able to share one connection at one time would be > > > > nice. > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > > > > Windows laptops are cheap. Mac laptops? Not so much. Not the > > > "MacBook Pro" laptops anyway (which are the only ones I'd have -- I > > > have a 17" and love it). > > > > > > Since making the switch to Mac nearly 3 years ago (I now have the one > > > laptop and two iMacs, and am about to get another), I've only regretted > > > not making the switch much, much sooner. > > > > > > Sadly, I have to keep one Windows machine (to run Quick Books for my > > > company, since Intuit's Mac version of Quick Books is HORRIBLE). I > > > bought a new Windows 7 machine this past Spring and the damn thing > > > crashed three times the first week. I *hate* Windows, and I just laugh > > > every time I see one of those idiotic Windows 7 commercials on TV where > > > people say, "Windows 7 was my idea." Was it your idea for the > > > operating system to keep crashing, too? > > > > Randy: you can get a number of different virtualization products > > (Parallels, VMware Fusion, etc.) that allow you to run Windows at the > > same time as Mac OS X on your Mac. It's a perfect solution to the "I > > have one program that I have to use Windows for" issue. > > > > > > > > Now we hear that Windows 8 is already on the way. Maybe the next round > > > of TV spots will feature one of those "regular people" saying, "Windows > > > 7 was my idea," and then Bill Gates emerges from behind the curtain to > > > tell them, "Well, then you're fired!" > > > > :-) > > Yes, just run Parallels or Boot Camp, and you can run Windows as well > and fast as on a PC, and you have the blissful relief of being able to > go back to OS X for sanity. It is amazing now how the Macs are making > inroads into the science and engineering student market, where so many > essential apps used to be PC only. The kids love them, and they are so > much less demanding of technician time than PCs. Sadly... ....because I'm a Mac tech! :-) -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg> |