Hi!
Well I was wondering if and when this would happen, I was reading the
Mac column in our local paper which is published every month,
apparently, the new Macbook (don't know whether this is all the
models) have done away with the internal 56K modem so I'm curious to
know from any list members out there who own one of these marvelous
things, have you found the absence of the internal modem an annoyance
or has it been that you couldn't give a damn because you're using
airport to its extreme <smile>
I personally feel that an internal 56K modem (however little used) is
still highly useful when needed. Take this morning for example, for
some unknown reason, the ADSL service went down however I had no
trouble connecting to the Internet using my ISP's dial-up connection,
true I couldn't do any of the broad-band stuff I'm used to but I
could at least check my email, chat and the like and (when I work out
how), I'm planning to use the Ibook exclusively to send faxes, I
already use it to receive faxes so the 56K modem is handy for me. I
suppose the only concelation for Macbook owners is that they can
purchase a small USB modem to use, hmmm, yet another plug-in
accessery, wasn't the idea of the notebook computer to illiminate all
of that? <smile>
Cheers
- And where's it gone? Dane Trethowan
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