i've got a sprint air card now and it's not nearly adequate bandwith for me and the kid
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Pfff, don't believe what your cable companies tell you. I've got Verizon > DSL at 1.5Mb/s and right now I'm watching YouTube (Voltron!) in one window > while I type this. The only struggles I ever have with streaming video > (Youtube or Hulu) is because I've got an outdated version of Linux which > periodically chokes. > You can also tell when the kids around the neighborhood get home as the > speed drops noticably for a few minutes but once they've checked their email > it picks back up... > > Oh and its $6/month cheaper than the same speed cable modem PLUS Comcast > demanded $100 just to turn the cable connection on. > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:25:59 -0400 > From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Which Apple should I buy? > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <m18wjequo8....@cs.indiana.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > The iBooks should work with an external mouse and keyboard, if they are > USB. If they are older ones with the little round connectors then no. > > An external monitor will need a little pigtail to connect the monitor's > cable to the mini-DV port on the iBook. Apple store sells them, be sure > you get the one for your model. > > I have a G4 PowerBook 1Ghz and 768M RAM it does streaming video, > e.g. YouTube just fine with our cable internet service; can't speak to > how it would work on DSL i'd guess it might have a little more chance of > being choppy but that really just means you're trying to suck more through > of the pipe than it can deliver. > > Allan > > -- > 1983 300D > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090627/dd445361/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090627/c449ae20/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
