Ok, I had to buy a couple of 20 GB iPods for christmas and could not find any. i end up buying a couple of HP iPods for the same price.

Quote: Originally posted by cenutrio: Ok, I had to buy a couple of 20 GB iPods for christmas and could not find any. i end up buying a couple of HP iPods for the same pr…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: The point is that HP has a MUCH larger retail distribution network than Apple, so the HP iPod is being sold in many more stores than A…

Did it ever make it into Staples? I did see a few 40GB models on the clearance table in BJ's wholesale in November. They were going for like $350 - $375. A few were open-box.

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: The point is that HP has a MUCH larger retail distribution network than Apple, so the HP iPod is being sold in many more stores than A…

Quote: Originally posted by SeSawaya: Apple.com????? I need them fast, very fast (24h)

The best thing I saw out of HP and their deal with Apple was with their Media Center PC, which is the only Media Center OS PC that allows for the purchase of iTMS music within MS M…

I have an existing 300GB External drive and a Wireless server that my new mini will need to access for trading files etc. Both drives are formatted in NTFS. Will the Mac read and w…

Windows Networking under OS X will read NTFS partitions without any problems. It should work just fine.

Hello Ive searched this forum for this info but it seems complitated to me so Ill ask again what is probably already here somewhere: I plan to add to a friends Dell a mac mini, wi…

Your planed setup will work. Please note that you want a router with at least two "ports," not "hubs," as most computer store type people will get all confused if you ask for the …

I've had nothing but trouble with D-Link. On the other hand, I've yet to have a bad experience with NetGear. I highly recommend Netgear! That's my 2 cents. O B unce!

Whatever you do, don't buy a linksys. It will work, but if you ever have problems, they will not help you, as they've been told not to support OS X.

I have used LinkSys for years and have never had a problem. You will never need their tech support. If you have a problem, you can get a quick answer here.

It looks the antennae on my Belkin 802.11g router and access point are non-removeable. Does that mean that I can't directly hook up an external antenna and have to purchase a sepa…

Um, yes?

I've noticed the LAN activity light on my router is flashing a lot when I am not using the internet. Little Snitch does not seem to detect any unusual activity and the console rep…

The flashing is normal.

It looks like the flashing, which didn't occur as much in the past, is an indicator of external probing activity, not outgoing traffic. Thanks.

I got 3 Airport Extreme Base Station, and all of them are connected via an ethernet cables to a switch. I want to have only one connected to the switch, and have the other 2 exten…

Quote: Originally posted by iStudent 2003: I got 3 Airport Extreme Base Station, and all of them are connected via an ethernet cables to a switch. I want to have only o…

Quote: Originally posted by spacefreak: It can be done. You can do it in the Airport Express setup utility... I remember it asking me if I wanted to extend the range of…

Apparently, Airport Extreme has a bridge mode... that's how it will extend your main (base) wireless network. Here's a Google search with some results... There's also a PDF on Ap…

My DSL did better in speed reports on my PC than on my Mac. How can i optimize my Mac for broadband? Also, my download speed was like 753 kbs, and upload was only 152 kbps, why is …

also.. i just downloaded something on my PC at 182.5 kbps... my mac doesn't even do half this. it's an Imac G5 with 512 mb ram, 20 inch display. so it's new... what can i do?? i di…