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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Jmir018</b> <br /><small>Member # 1414</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,1,28,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> so. i have a laptop... pretty old but i really don't really wish to upgrade just yet..<br />I currently have comcast and will continue having them for 7 more months before my 24 bucks per month plan expires.<br />I wanna be able to walk around my house without having to plugged into the cable moden. <br />I wanna spend as little as possible.. so what is that i need?<br />I'm really clueless when it comes down to computer so any advice will help.<br />Thanks.<br />Jersey<br /> <br /> <small>[ October 04, 2006, 01:29 AM: Message edited by: Jmir018 ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>luvmy5.0</b> <br /><small>Member # 6699</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,1,56,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> linksys wireless router, and a wireless card for your laptop, and about 20 minutes to set it up <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Jmir018</b> <br /><small>Member # 1414</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,2,13,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> price wise.. what am i looking at?<br />I'm just tired of having limited mobility on a laptop.. you know.. that defeats the purpose of having a "portable" notebook.<br />Thanks.. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Blind</b> <br /><small>Member # 3052</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,4,12,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> you'll want to grab this:<br /><a href="http://www.justdeals.com/Items/WGT624NAR?" target="_blank">http://www.justdeals.com/Items/WGT624NAR?</a><br /><br />and if your laptop does not currently have a wifi adapter built-in, then you'll need one of these for it:<br /><a href="http://www.justdeals.com/Items/WG511UNAR?" target="_blank">http://www.justdeals.com/Items/WG511UNAR?</a><br /><br /><br />I would not recommend a new linksys wireless router right now, there quality has gone to complete shit on the new stuff they are putting out. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>slidewayz94</b> <br /><small>Member # 3101</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,4,15,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> if your laptop has the wireless has wireless capabilities internally go to comcast trade in the cable modem they gave you for a wireless router. It should be free of charge with the promotion mine was. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Jmir018</b> <br /><small>Member # 1414</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,12,48,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by slidewayz94:<br /><strong> if your laptop has the wireless has wireless capabilities internally go to comcast trade in the cable modem they gave you for a wireless router. It should be free of charge with the promotion mine was. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/jmir018/wireless.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /><br />Does this mean, i have wireless built in?<br />frankly, i'm clueless.. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>LAST302</b> <br /><small>Member # 808</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,13,23,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Also for the computer guys, I want to post pics that I have in my computer from my digital camera. How do I do that so I can post them in topics like the ones on this board in the forums about posting pics of my car. Thanks in advance. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>DLo</b> <br /><small>Member # 6133</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,13,37,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Jmir018:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by slidewayz94:<br /><strong> if your laptop has the wireless has wireless capabilities internally go to comcast trade in the cable modem they gave you for a wireless router. It should be free of charge with the promotion mine was. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/jmir018/wireless.jpg<br /><br />Does this mean, i have wireless built in?<br />frankly, i'm clueless.. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yes. Pick up a wireless router and follow the instructions on setup. It's actually relatively simple. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Jmir018</b> <br /><small>Member # 1414</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,13,44,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by DLo:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Jmir018:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by slidewayz94:<br /><strong> if your laptop has the wireless has wireless capabilities internally go to comcast trade in the cable modem they gave you for a wireless router. It should be free of charge with the promotion mine was. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/jmir018/wireless.jpg<br /><br />Does this mean, i have wireless built in?<br />frankly, i'm clueless.. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yes. Pick up a wireless router and follow the instructions on setup. It's actually relatively simple. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"><img border="0" alt="[Whoo Whooooo!]" title="" src="graemlins/woowoo.gif" /> <br />Off to comcast i go.. they have a store two blocks away so this works out great. <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> <br />Thanks guys. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Jmir018</b> <br /><small>Member # 1414</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,13,47,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by LAST302:<br /><strong> Also for the computer guys, I want to post pics that I have in my computer from my digital camera. How do I do that so I can post them in topics like the ones on this board in the forums about posting pics of my car. Thanks in advance. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">well.. if you already uploaded the pics into your computer then you are half way there.<br />All you need to do is find a place to host them.<br />I use <a href="http://www.photobucket.com" target="_blank">www.photobucket.com</a> ... there are other free hosting sites online, you can even host them on this site, i just like photobucket because once you create directory, you can find all your pics easily.<br />So, create an account. load your pictures(pretty straightforward) copy and past the link with the following format<br />[img]WWW.address where you photo is uploaded[/img]<br />And you should be good to go.<br />Good luck. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>TRIXSNK</b> <br /><small>Member # 2844</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,14,32,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Jersey<br /><br />Just for the hell of it i thought i'd let ya know so when you Comcast service is up....<br /><br />Just got my Verizon Wireless Broadband.<br /><br />$60/month and you can use it almost everywhere.<br /><br />So far it's speed is comparable to my DSL but there a few little quirks but works pretty good.<br /><br />It does not like not like to d/l large vids and movies but general surfing and e-mailing is just fine.<br /><br />SBC was jacking me for the most expensive/slowest DSL i thought i'd just switch and see how it works for a year. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>venomous99</b> <br /><small>Member # 1917</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,4,14,58,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> go find a wireless router on craigslist. i bought a wireless G linksys router for about $40. and if you're worreid about the setup, linksys has some really excellent support to help u if you run into any issues. the software pretty much sets up everything for u..almost like plug and play.<br />also look into what sort of wireless your laptop has as there are different classes of wireless..whether its A, G, etc. and then decide which one is best for u. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>LAST302</b> <br /><small>Member # 808</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2006,9,5,15,1,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Jmir018:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by LAST302:<br /><strong> Also for the computer guys, I want to post pics that I have in my computer from my digital camera. How do I do that so I can post them in topics like the ones on this board in the forums about posting pics of my car. Thanks in advance. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">well.. if you already uploaded the pics into your computer then you are half way there.<br />All you need to do is find a place to host them.<br />I use <a href="http://www.photobucket.com" target="_blank">www.photobucket.com</a> ... there are other free hosting sites online, you can even host them on this site, i just like photobucket because once you create directory, you can find all your pics easily.<br />So, create an account. load your pictures(pretty straightforward) copy and past the link with the following format<br />[img]WWW.address where you photo is uploaded[/img]<br />And you should be good to go.<br />Good luck. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thanks alot, much appreciated. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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