Adding an access point is as simple as pluging it into a LAN port on a wired router. You still have to set up the access point, but you do that via the network. And most likely y…

aah i got ya, i thought "access point" meant something else.

Access point means only the wireless connection between your wired network and your wireless network; it is different from a "wireless bridge" or "game adapter" because those two d…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Access point means only the wireless connection between your wired network and your wireless network; it is different from a "wireless bridg…

There are faster speeds offered through two techniques: proprietary "speed boost" systems and "pre-N" technologies. The proprietary systems work ok, but both your wireless router/…

i see more expensive wireless access points out there. would it even be worth it to get a better one? if so what is a really good one around 120 dollars?

So, my beautiful new MacBook showed up on my doorstep yesterday. Happily I unwrapped it (amazing how Apple can even make their packing styrofoam look cool) but I was immediately b…

Need more info: network settings, particularly your router's security settings, are probably the culprit. Using WEP? That is a bit of a pain when adding a Mac to an existing netw…

So you've got access to your wireless LAN, but the internet doesn't work through the MBP? That seems really odd to me, I can't imagine what settings on the Mac would prevent intern…

Thanks for the suggestions and offers for help! I accidentally came across the solution. I simply needed to change the "Channel" setting on my linksys router from channel 6 to ch…

It could easily have been an interference issue; just about EVERY new wireless access point/router comes out of the box set for channels 6 or 7, and not many people do anything but…

Okay guys, this prediction sounds pretty wacky, but work with me here: 1. Go to apple.com/macosx/; 2. Take a look at the page and think about what the headline implies. If you'r…

I don't think the heading implies anything.

Quote: Originally Posted by demibob I don't think the heading implies anything. I concur.

The tag line may mean NOTHING, but then again....... A few years ago, at Macworld Keynote, Steve made the comment that "Once the transition to OS X is complete, we will have optio…

Wrong assumption. I believed all along that Apple was developing OS X for Intel. And I know I'm not the only person who suspected it. It was definitely not "nobody". tooki

I think your reading too much of what isn't there. As for OSX being developed on the intel all along makes sense to. I recall reading a story that apple was ready to jump over to …

I agree with everyone else that you're probably just reading into it. Especially when you read articles like this... Apple doesn't need to let OS X run on generic Intel machines t…

Strange that Apple went to all the trouble to disable OS X on generic Intel machines just as they were meaning to release it for those same machines.

The website's not a good measure of such things. Apple can change their website to whatever they want in a blink of an eye. If this were some sort of hard-published document they w…

I think the language is just designed to ease people coming from the Windows world into the concept of buying into a computer that requires a new operating system. So they'll read …

Quote: Okay guys, this prediction sounds pretty wacky, but work with me here: Yes it sure does. Told you not to make a bong out of that SE/30!

All it implies is that Apple would like to sell far more Intel-based Macs.

They say PowerPC-based machines, not Macs, yet it doesn't run on non-Mac PPC machines.

Very sharp observation! tooki