[Chat] [Discussion] dsl

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Judy,

Why are you getting a Mac???!!!  Isn't most of the world on PCs?

I heard that AT&T dsl is excellent.  

I read that if you use verizon, you must also use verizon for your phone
service.  

There's a site online that compares dsl with cable.  I'll look for the link.

Christine 

 

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From: Discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info
[mailto:Discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Kiko
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 1:01 PM
To: 'Charles Village Discussion List'; 'jdy'
Subject: Re: [Discussion] dsl

 

Judy:   Verizon DSL apparently now has a $19.99/mo. package. It's not what I
use, but it's what my dad uses, and people on a tight budget say it's pretty
cool.

 

Get an eMac. It's not available for general sale through the Apple Store
anymore -- you have to register as a teacher at an accredited school to get
in to that part of Apple's website. But there are plenty of other retailers
other than Apple from which to get an eMac.

 

I got my Mom her eMac this past Christmas by ordering it through
MacConnection. But MacConnection appears to have stopped selling them, or to
have run out of them. According to Shopping.com, the following is one set of
stores where the eMac is still available.

 

 http://www3.shopping.com/xPO-Apple_APPLE_EMAC_G4_1_42_SD 

 

I recommend the eMac because it's structurally similar to the original iMac,
but more powerful, with a much faster processer, more RAM, etc., with a
larger screen and sharper picture quality.

 

Don't worry about the computer being "out of date" with regards to customer
support. Apple SUPPOSEDLY provides support for any reasonably up to date Mac
model, particularly anything made within the past three to five years. 

 

HOWEVER, and this is a big but, you should not actually expect to GET any
technical support even though you are legally entitled to it. Getting a Mac
means basically resigning yourself to the knowhow of neighborhood Mac
enthusiasts, or internet-based Mac user groups, whenever you have a
question. This is because Apple has notoriously "fenced in" its customer
support so that no one can easily get to it.

 

There's a way to get around that too, though-- according to a public radio
proclamation I heard some weeks back, just keep pressing zero from the first
instant you hear the machine-operator's voice, and no matter how many times
s/he says "error" or "incorrect," just keep pressing it until the system
transfers you to a live representative. Of course, the rep will probably be
someone in India reading from a script, but that's been the case with nearly
all customer support at all companies for years and years now (slave labor
galore), so that part doesn't really have to do with your original question.

 

The eMac ships with MacOS X 10.4, which means there will be numerous update
patches (to 10.4.5 and beyond) that you will want to apply to the machine
immediately after you unpack it and connect it to the Internet. You don't
have to do the updating manually-- just go to the Apple menu and choose
Software Update, accept all the prompts that follow, and the Mac will
download and install all these things automatically. Another plus with the
eMac, and modern Macs generally, is that apparently, you don't really have
to do anything to connect the computer to an Internet account. As long as
the signal is coming through OK, and you have an account with a username and
password already set up, just plug the cable in and it should do everything
set-up-wise on the spot. (PCs don't really do that, at least not as well.)
However, even if you don't yet have a DSL account etc., I'm assuming that
it's almost as easy to set things up from scratch, too.

 

Good luck!!!!!!

 

Nico

 


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From: Discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info
[mailto:Discussion-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of jdy
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:16 PM
To: The Charles Village Chat List
Cc: Charles Village Discussion List
Subject: [Discussion] dsl

can anyone recommend a reasonable  'dsl' service. 

i'm going to be getting a'mac' computer. any hints or educational info
anyone can give me will be appreciated. i don't recall hearing anything
about mac's getting virus's.

 

judy

 

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