O.K., I’ll head there now, thanks Chris.
> On Mar 29, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Chris Denny <[email protected]> wrote: > > Take my word for it and get the Arris/Motorola Surboard 6183 it's around a > 100 bucks on Amazon > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 29, 2016, at 7:00 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> In looking at the back of the NetGear modem/Router there is no COAX >> connection, which is how TimeWarner brings connectivity TO the >> modem…outbound is through ethernet or wireless but at first blush this unit >> won’t work. >> >> John >> >> >> >> <PastedGraphic-3.png><PastedGraphic-5.png> >>> On Mar 29, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 29, 2016, at 2:15 PM, John Robinson <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> My 2009 MacBook Pro (with the removable battery) is needing a new drive, >>>> it’s slower than watching corn grow. I want to get a new Macbook but will >>>> wait until the new models come out later this year. My daughter is wanting >>>> a laptop so I might be able to fix this one for her to use. >>> >>> That’s still a pretty capable machine, even seven years later. I still use >>> one as my main machine for writing and email because it’s got a good >>> display, nice keyboard and dual-core 2.4 GHz processor. The newer machines >>> often seem faster, not because their hardware is so much better, but >>> because of the SSD drives. >>> >>> >>>> Any suggestions as to what is a good brand, where to purchase? >>> >>> Pretty much any 2.5” SATA drive should work. My solution, a little more >>> than a year ago, was to compromise with a Seagate ST1000DX hybrid drive. >>> This is a 1 TB spinning drive with a built-in 8 GB solid-state cache. It’s >>> kind of like Apple’s Mechanical/SSD Fusion drive combo. The firmware on the >>> drive watches which files you use most often and keeps them in the cache, >>> so it’s pretty fast loading the programs you always use — after it learns >>> what they are. You can pick up such a drive for $75 or so. >>> >>> A year ago, SSDs were still pretty expensive, but they’ve come down in >>> price so much over the last year, that I’d probably go with one of those >>> now. Before buying one, do a little research to get a drive supported by >>> the TRIM in El Capitan and learn how to turn it on. Otherwise, the >>> performance of your SSD will degrade over time. >>> >>> Don’t expect spectacular SSD performance off that machine because it’s got >>> a slower SATA bus than the newer machines. You may be able to improve it a >>> lot by making sure you’ve installed Apple’s firmware patches which raised >>> the link speed from 1.5 Gb/s to 3.0 Gb/s. It made a real difference on my >>> machine. The upgrades weren’t available on all the 2009 machines. >>> >>> L^2 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ >>> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ >> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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