[Chat] [Discussion] dsl

dawnacobb at mindspring.com dawnacobb at mindspring.com
Sun Mar 5 16:16:27 EST 2006


Most of the world may have PCs but Macs are great and easy to use.  I use a PC at work and a MAC G-5 at home, which is terrific.  I have not had problems with it.  

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>From: crg <langwidge at erols.com>
>Sent: Mar 5, 2006 2:30 PM
>To: 'Charles Village Discussion List' <Discussion at charlesvillage.info>
>Cc: 'The Charles Village Chat List' <Chat at charlesvillage.info>
>Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] dsl
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>Judy,
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>Why are you getting a Mac???!!!  Isn't most of the world on PCs?
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>I heard that AT&T dsl is excellent.  
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>I read that if you use verizon, you must also use verizon for your phone
>service.  
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>There's a site online that compares dsl with cable.  I'll look for the link.
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>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
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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> http://www3.shopping.com/xPO-Apple_APPLE_EMAC_G4_1_42_SD 
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>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.
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>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. 
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Good luck!!!!!!
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>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
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>can anyone recommend a reasonable  'dsl' service. 
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>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.
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>judy
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