WooHoo...Wireless

Jim · 2004-11-28, 05:41 PM

Well, I have my new laptop and I am running wireless. I tested it out and I can actually go to the top of my driveway with my notebook. My driveway is about 600 feet long

Life is good again

Cleo · 2004-11-28, 06:26 PM

Welcome to the 21st century.

Everyone that I know down here has WiFi so I can go even further then the end of my driveway.

MrMaryLou · 2004-11-28, 06:40 PM

Congrats Jim

I love wireless

Jim · 2004-11-28, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cleo
Welcome to the 21st century.

Everyone that I know down here has WiFi so I can go even further then the end of my driveway.

I haven't even had a laptop in about 5 years so everything is new to me. It is nice though to be able to go into the living room and still work. I really can't be without power for too long though. I have about 1 hour of battery power with this thing

tiny · 2004-11-28, 07:08 PM

I like mine but I have to have an extrenal keyboard and mouse haha

Jim · 2004-11-28, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tiny
I like mine but I have to have an extrenal keyboard and mouse haha

Me too

I could use my monitor but the 17 inch seems fine.

Porn Princess · 2004-11-28, 07:28 PM

Congrats! (Is it ok to say I'm a tiny bit jealous? I want one of those especially with the docking station.) Enjoy!

Tart · 2004-11-28, 09:22 PM

Make sure you secure it! I take mine with me all the time and use it when hubby's driving. Amazing how many people don't secure their shit.

Outside of that I love mine too.. congrats!

Torn Rose · 2004-11-28, 11:13 PM

new laptop with only 1 hour of battery life?

I suggest getting a hamster with a wheel for backup.

MeatPounder · 2004-11-29, 01:55 AM

lol@cleo

Tell me about it, all of them broadcast their csids, and most don't even know about encryption...lol

But you really ought to check out the cmda from verizon.
I've had it for a month now, the whole east coast from W palm to South Beach is hot now.
79 bucks a month for unlimited, but I've never had less then 1 meg download sppeed with it. the pc card is only 50 bucks with a one year contract, so you end up with broadband access where ever you are.
I've used it sitting on the boardwalk on Hollywood Beach while having a few drinks, up at a clients in sunny isle who still uses gulp...aol dial up...and needed some large files. Had broadband sitting in Mcguiness up your way during a biz meeting, and while setting up my sisters wirless router up in Boca.

I'm actually thinking of dumping my bellsouth dsl here at home, but the upload is still only 184k on the cmda, and thats a tad slow for uploading my galleries.

Jim · 2004-11-29, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Torn
new laptop with only 1 hour of battery life?

I suggest getting a hamster with a wheel for backup.

Yep, that's what the manual said. I tested it last night and using it normally, I have about an hour

I think I will be buying another battery or two.

physio · 2004-11-29, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jim
I have about 1 hour of battery power with this thing

That is the problem with those big cpus, my 1.6 centrino thinkpad runs for about 3-4 hours without problems

Cleo · 2004-11-29, 09:40 AM

I've looked at the Verizon card and it is sweet, even works on a Mac as long as you don't ask them for help it setting it up, but I'm spoiled by my cable modem which has over 1 meg upload and almost 4 megs download. I guess if everywhere I went there wasn't free WiFi then I would get it.

1 hour is insane. Depending on what I'm doing with my laptop I get between 2.5 to 3.5 hours on a battery. I did get an extra battery for when I'm watching DVD on a plane or something but if I RIP the DVD to my hard drive first I can watch a whole movie on one battery without completely draining the battery.

Jim · 2004-11-29, 09:57 AM

I think the poor batery life is because of the Pentium 4. It must get really hot because there are 3 fans to keep it cool.

Jim · 2004-11-29, 09:59 AM

On another note, my wife is also wireless now. While she doesn't use a laptop, her PC is really small and everything is built into one unit. After she saw me posting while I was taking a crap, she had to have the same

MrMaryLou · 2004-11-29, 10:27 AM

What a visual Jim on the shitter with a laptop

Cleo · 2004-11-29, 10:31 AM

More info then I needed. LOL

I'm sitting here trying to work at my kitchen table. I have everything setup even my 21" monitor but it is still a bitch and I can't wait until later this week when I can move back into my office.

Greenguy · 2004-11-29, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jim
Well, I have my new laptop and I am running wireless. I tested it out and I can actually go to the top of my driveway with my notebook.

So you can check email & snail mail at the same time!

Thank You, Thank You...I'll be here all week

Jim · 2004-11-29, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Greenguy
So you can check email & snail mail at the same time!

Thank You, Thank You...I'll be here all week

Yep, that is exactly what I was doing. I decided to test it out by taking it with me to check my mailbox by the road

tiny · 2004-11-29, 11:38 AM

1 hr thats not to good you need more research
or are you one of those impluse buyers haha hell i have a p4 and i get almost 3.
I hoop on the train from portland to jersey and I can plug it in the train hehe.
Which made me stop flyin to philly,flyin gets old fast
I usually fly takes 1.1 hrs max instead of 6 but man was i comfortable

Jim · 2004-11-29, 11:46 AM

Since I don't like to travel, I need as much time as it takes me to go from one outlet to another.

Linkster · 2004-11-29, 11:59 AM

Finally found out that my telco com had been lying to me and that I could get DSL out here - had to ask the biz offic for a biz account to get it but they made it happen - and it came with free wireless so I jumped on it - anything to get rid of satellite

Raja · 2004-11-29, 04:24 PM

Wait till summer when you sitting on your patio working in the sun. That's when I fell in love with wireless.
Can't beat working with a ice cold beer, enjoying the sunshine and still getting shit done

jaYMan · 2004-11-30, 02:18 PM

Think you can talk the green one into getting wireless???

I've been trying for years with ZERO luck.

Raja · 2004-11-30, 02:35 PM

JayMan you know where I am, I can totally get you set up for wireless let me when you want to do it.

2004-11-28, 05:41 PM	#1
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	WooHoo...Wireless Well, I have my new laptop and I am running wireless. I tested it out and I can actually go to the top of my driveway with my notebook. My driveway is about 600 feet long Life is good again

2004-11-28, 06:26 PM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Welcome to the 21st century. Everyone that I know down here has WiFi so I can go even further then the end of my driveway. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-11-28, 06:40 PM	#3
MrMaryLou i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 11,247	Congrats Jim I love wireless __________________ <a href="http://www.greenguysboard.com/onthebench/">Join Me For On The Bench </a>

2004-11-28, 07:28 PM	#7
Porn Princess Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lake Worth, Florida Posts: 119	Congrats! (Is it ok to say I'm a tiny bit jealous? I want one of those especially with the docking station.) Enjoy! __________________ <a href="http://www.herbalo.com/cgi-bin/jwsshop/jws-track.cgi?ID=10500&Site=herb">HERBALO</a> - Make money selling sexual enhancements.

2004-11-28, 09:22 PM	#8
Tart When life hands you lemons, squirt the juice in your enemy's eyes Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sunny South Posts: 423	Make sure you secure it! I take mine with me all the time and use it when hubby's driving. Amazing how many people don't secure their shit. Outside of that I love mine too.. congrats! __________________ Tart's Porn Zone

2004-11-28, 07:08 PM	#5
tiny Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some tang it would be you Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: maine Posts: 447	I like mine but I have to have an extrenal keyboard and mouse haha

2004-11-28, 11:13 PM	#9
Torn Rose "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~ Mark Twain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 4,806	new laptop with only 1 hour of battery life? I suggest getting a hamster with a wheel for backup.

2004-11-29, 01:55 AM	#10
MeatPounder Women might be able to fake orgasms But men can fake whole relationships Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl Posts: 2,408	lol@cleo Tell me about it, all of them broadcast their csids, and most don't even know about encryption...lol But you really ought to check out the cmda from verizon. I've had it for a month now, the whole east coast from W palm to South Beach is hot now. 79 bucks a month for unlimited, but I've never had less then 1 meg download sppeed with it. the pc card is only 50 bucks with a one year contract, so you end up with broadband access where ever you are. I've used it sitting on the boardwalk on Hollywood Beach while having a few drinks, up at a clients in sunny isle who still uses gulp...aol dial up...and needed some large files. Had broadband sitting in Mcguiness up your way during a biz meeting, and while setting up my sisters wirless router up in Boca. I'm actually thinking of dumping my bellsouth dsl here at home, but the upload is still only 184k on the cmda, and thats a tad slow for uploading my galleries.

2004-11-29, 09:40 AM	#13
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	I've looked at the Verizon card and it is sweet, even works on a Mac as long as you don't ask them for help it setting it up, but I'm spoiled by my cable modem which has over 1 meg upload and almost 4 megs download. I guess if everywhere I went there wasn't free WiFi then I would get it. 1 hour is insane. Depending on what I'm doing with my laptop I get between 2.5 to 3.5 hours on a battery. I did get an extra battery for when I'm watching DVD on a plane or something but if I RIP the DVD to my hard drive first I can watch a whole movie on one battery without completely draining the battery. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-11-29, 09:57 AM	#14
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	I think the poor batery life is because of the Pentium 4. It must get really hot because there are 3 fans to keep it cool.

2004-11-29, 09:59 AM	#15
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	On another note, my wife is also wireless now. While she doesn't use a laptop, her PC is really small and everything is built into one unit. After she saw me posting while I was taking a crap, she had to have the same

2004-11-29, 10:27 AM	#16
MrMaryLou i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 11,247	What a visual Jim on the shitter with a laptop __________________ <a href="http://www.greenguysboard.com/onthebench/">Join Me For On The Bench </a>

2004-11-29, 10:31 AM	#17
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	More info then I needed. LOL I'm sitting here trying to work at my kitchen table. I have everything setup even my 21" monitor but it is still a bitch and I can't wait until later this week when I can move back into my office. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-11-29, 11:38 AM	#20
tiny Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some tang it would be you Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: maine Posts: 447	1 hr thats not to good you need more research or are you one of those impluse buyers haha hell i have a p4 and i get almost 3. I hoop on the train from portland to jersey and I can plug it in the train hehe. Which made me stop flyin to philly,flyin gets old fast I usually fly takes 1.1 hrs max instead of 6 but man was i comfortable

2004-11-29, 11:46 AM	#21
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	Since I don't like to travel, I need as much time as it takes me to go from one outlet to another.

2004-11-29, 11:59 AM	#22
Linkster NO! Im not a female - but being a dragon, I do eat them. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sex Delta Posts: 5,084	Finally found out that my telco com had been lying to me and that I could get DSL out here - had to ask the biz offic for a biz account to get it but they made it happen - and it came with free wireless so I jumped on it - anything to get rid of satellite __________________ Pussy Chompers Porn Links NSCash

2004-11-29, 04:24 PM	#23
Raja Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 29	Wait till summer when you sitting on your patio working in the sun. That's when I fell in love with wireless. Can't beat working with a ice cold beer, enjoying the sunshine and still getting shit done __________________ NO BULLSHIT IT JUST CONVERTS! ICQ: 105950276

2004-11-30, 02:18 PM	#24
jaYMan Lord help me, I'm just not that bright Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Middle America Posts: 109	Think you can talk the green one into getting wireless??? I've been trying for years with ZERO luck. __________________ Wasteland!

2004-11-30, 02:35 PM	#25
Raja Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 29	JayMan you know where I am, I can totally get you set up for wireless let me when you want to do it. __________________ NO BULLSHIT IT JUST CONVERTS! ICQ: 105950276