better WiFi on my 13 year old mac?!?

littlest t

Hi,
I just bought a new Samsung laptop and just for kicks, tried to pick up wifi signals in my building/area. My slow, crabby old Pismo MAC (13yrs old) can pretty much pick up a solid signal from every household from here to Japan...but this brand spanking new 1T Samsung can barely (1 bar, some times 2) pick up the signal from our neighbours next door! Plus, in the menu of available signals, the old mac lists about 30... the flashy new laptop, only 4!
We're getting our new wireless set up tomorrow and frankly I'm worried that this snappy new Samsung may be a write-off, quality-wise. I paid through the teeth for it, so I don't get it.
Could it just have a bad airport/wireless card? Should I exchange it?
Are there differences between laptop brands and the quality of their wireless/software in general?
Any suggestions?
I'd happily keep using the Mac except for the fact that it's only got a non-upgradeable 18GB of space and it's getting sloowww. Also can't really afford a brand new Mac :/

Thanks very much
Thanks, Dan. Well I am not surprised that newer laptops have crappier software - at the rate at which each company pumps out their different notebooks, I can't imagine the workmanship is all that great.
Maybe I will just spring for a new MAC - grrr.

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Many newer tablets and laptops have crappy wireless reception.

If you are getting a new wireless router try to centrally locate it up high and away from dense walls and electrical and 2.4 GHz wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.

If you still have a weak wireless signal,there are solutions.

Devices such as wireless extenders can expand your wireless range if need be. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YAYM06/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004YAYM06

The wireless range extender receives weak wireless signals and repeats them to extend the signal range to greater distances. Some models include 4 Ethernet ports in addition to the wireless radio.

Good Luck...

mac os x lion running slow?

steven

probably 10-20 mins into a power-on my macbook pro 13" begins to lag really terribly. i usually starts with video feed like youtube or online movies. the audio will be fine but the video is super choppy; at first it starts out ok then gets worse and worse. although it's not just video feed it's everything; ie typing is lagged webpages lag aps lag, but i think the video feed catalyzes it all. i'm running on 4gbs of RAM so that can't be the problem. i looked at other forums and most advised a clean install but that's this whole ordeal i dont want to get into with putting all my shit on an external hard drive etc etc. is anybody else having this same problem? it's really fucking frustrating and i wanna toe punt a baby when i'm ten minutes into an action movie and you can hear jackie chan punch somebody in the throat but you don't get to see it.

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I only have this issue when running parallels or running something very stressful like a video converter or massive software installation. Go to launchpad and click on utilities. Once there open activity monitor and close any programs you are not using or that are using massive amounts of resources. Also before turning off your mac make sure you have the restart apps button turned off. This will allowed a clean boot with nothing running. Best of luck.

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Is it ok to take NITROFURANTOIN MONO/MAC 100mg Caps at 33week pregnant if prescribe by a doctor?

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jr

See ma girlfriend is pregnant,and she has a uti. Is ok for her to take NITROFURANTOIN MONO/MAC 100mg Caps?

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Macrobid (brand name of Nitrofurantoin) is what is known as a Category B drug during pregnancy, meaning that there is no suspected harm to the unborn baby. HOWEVER, there are risks taking it late in pregnancy (usually in the last 2 to 4 weeks). If the doctor knows her history, how far along she is, and is trying to treat an indicated infection, I would say she is probably okay. Just monitor the baby and report any abnormal symptoms ASAP. Generally, this medication is taken for a short enough period of time that it's not going to be too detrimental. Again, always better to be safe than sorry. She should be okay. Just monitor her health and the baby's as well while taking the entire course of medication. Congratulations to you and your girlfriend :)

Is an Apple Macintosh alot better than Windows?

Anonymous

I know this debate has gone for years but i am really tired of my windows xp computer! Freakin Data Execution Error won't go away and crap. Does Apple Machintosh have alot of errors like Windows>?

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Been on a Mac since 1988. I (we) have 1/20th of the problems and 1/1000th of the viruses. Pop a CD/DVD in and it pops up on the screen. No C/://d/bk2C:// crap.

I have recommended Mac to the last 20 non-computer people that were looking for computers. Like suckers, they all bought el-cheapo's from chain stores with s/w they will never use. 85% said they should have listened.

If your going to use it seriously, invest the $$ into a good computer w/o the scanner, printer, baby monitor, camera, microphone, alarm clock/microwave options and a ton of useless s/w. No to mention the rediculous s/w upgrades every week.

Once you go MAC, you never go back :)

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Is an Apple Macintosh alot better than Windows?

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Anonymous

I know this debate has gone for years but i am really tired of my windows xp computer! Freakin Data Execution Error won't go away and crap. Does Apple Machintosh have alot of errors like Windows>?

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Been on a Mac since 1988. I (we) have 1/20th of the problems and 1/1000th of the viruses. Pop a CD/DVD in and it pops up on the screen. No C/://d/bk2C:// crap.

I have recommended Mac to the last 20 non-computer people that were looking for computers. Like suckers, they all bought el-cheapo's from chain stores with s/w they will never use. 85% said they should have listened.

If your going to use it seriously, invest the $$ into a good computer w/o the scanner, printer, baby monitor, camera, microphone, alarm clock/microwave options and a ton of useless s/w. No to mention the rediculous s/w upgrades every week.

Once you go MAC, you never go back :)

Why did the democrats cause the financial meltdown?

Q. Under President Jimmy Carter, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was passed. It required federal financial institutions to encourage banks to give home loans to persons with little credit and low income. Economist Russell Roberts said that the CRA played a major role in creating the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the U.S.


Under Bill Clinton, the CRA was expanded and Clinton set targets for low-income home ownership at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Banks were forced by the federal government to provide bad loans to unqualified people.


Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) is Chairman of the Financial Services Committee in the House of Representatives. In 2003, he said of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: “These two entities – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.” In the late 1980s and early 90s, Frank was engaged in a sexual relationship with Herb Moses, who was Fannie Mae’s assistant director of product initiatives! Bill O’Reilly exposed Frank’s involvement in the mortgage crisis: YouTube - O 'Reilly - Barney Frank Had Affair with Fannie Mae Exec. Frank looked the other way, while our economy was being destroyed by federal policies created in Clinton and Carter Administrations. (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae help fund the homosexual agenda.


In 2008, Freddie gave $20,000 to a Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) event; Fannie Mae gave nearly $19,000 to the same event. Freddie has donated $125,000 and Fannie donated $80,000 to homosexual groups since 2005.)


Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) is head of the powerful banking committee in the Senate. He and Barney Frank consistently resisted attempts by the Bush Administration to closely regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Dodd also got preferential treatment from Countrywide on two mortgages. Countrywide was one of the biggest subprime providers.


Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd received thousands of dollars in contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the years. Dodd has received $133,900 since 1989; Frank received $40,100. (While in the Senate, Barack Obama received $105,849).


As long ago as 2003, President Bush was trying to get the House and Senate to carefully monitor the actions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. His efforts were rejected by Democrats.


Obama associates headed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the years that the crisis was getting out of control. Obama friend Franklin Raines ran Fannie Mae and collected $50 million from it. Obama friend Jamie Gorelick worked for Fannie Mae and earned $26 million; Jim Johnson, formerly Obama’s vice president search committee chairman, hauled in millions from his work with Fannie Mae as CEO.


ACORN, the socialist group that routinely engages in voter fraud, was involved in pushing for risky loans to people with bad credit histories or little money for down payments. ACORN intimidated banks in Chicago and elsewhere to give risky loans! Obama actually trained ACORN workers when he was a community organizer in Chicago! ACORN used provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act to delay or halt efforts of banks to merge or expand until they had lowered their credit standards!

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Well, they didn't. Someone seems to forget that just like in the Great Depression, this current mess was created by a decade of Republican legislation. And now they are crying like cry babies that it's Obama fault. Oh my! aren't they delusional.

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Is it hard to work at McDonalds?

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Jude Ulyss

I just turned 16. And I want to work at McDonald's this summer. So can you people tell me if it's hard to work there. Tell me a story.

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It's not hard work as long as you have good coworkers, a good boss, and good shoes.

I worked at a McDonalds for 9 months last year. The job itself is easy, as long as you can deal with the fast pace of taking orders, bagging orders, and handing them out. But most McDonalds are equipped with modern technology that makes it very easy.

The hard parts about working at a McDonalds have to do with the social side of things. My managers were very angry, mean women. They demeaned my fellow co workers and myself, they would never say good job and only pointed out faults. And they brought their home drama to work, constantly having yelling matches with their husbands over the phone. My coworkers were irresponsible, and didn't always do their job. My managers were also cheap, and wouldn't give us our 10-15 minute breaks which are required by OSHA if you work more than 2 hours. So I would work at least 4 hours in a row non stop. They didn't even let my pregnant co worker take breaks, and she almost had a miscarriage because of that. She ended up quitting, and all of the problems her baby was having dissappeared in a week because she was no longer at that job.

It can also be difficult because you are required to be nice, friendly and helpful towards people who can often treat you like trash. Some people who go to McDonalds think that just because you work in food service, you are simpleton, and it is very hard to not give them a good tongue lashing and put them in their place. It is also hard to see how the food is made, see the unhealthy ingredients, and then be the person who hands it to somebody to ingest.

I had a mother come through and order a big mac meal with a milk sake for her two 10 year olds. She then told them that they couldn't eat it until they got home. I looked concerned and she told me, "OH we're new to diabetes! So they can't eat their food until they have their insulin shots!" I wanted to reach out that window and strangle her neck for basically feeding poison to her diabetic children. There was a Subway one block down the street. If you care at all for other human beings, it is hard to give them McDonalds food and have a good conscience.

Eventually I just wrote to OSHA and tattled on them. Now the employees are required to take breaks, and the managers are monitored so that they never do that to employees again.

But yeah, the job itself is not hard. And not all bosses are gonna be shits like mine.

Replacing a Netgear cgd24g wireless cable modem gateway?

gerry

This unit keeps dropping the wireless signal. I unplug cable to unit from desktop and replug it, wireless often works, but not always for long. This Netgear unit came from the cable company. I was under the impression that my new HP Omni desk top had an internal modem and the Netgear was just acting as a router. Do I need just a router or another modem-router? I'd like to buy the right equipment to solve the wireless problem and send this unit back to Charter. I appreciate any insight you might share.

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Two types of Internet devices are commonly sold.

1. Combination modem / routers, often called gateways.

2. Stand alone routers which can be connected to a stand alone modem.

DSL and Cable modems use different technology, for this reason you can't use a cable gateway (DOCSIS) with DSL or use a DSL gateway (ADSL2+) with a cable Internet connection.

The Netgear CGD24G is a cable gateway. http://support.netgear.com/product/CGD24G

A gateway is a combination modem and router in one enclosure.

A highly rated DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway is the Motorola SBG6580. It is currently about $120 at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040IUI46/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0040IUI46

You could also buy a standalone cable modem and connect it to a separate wireless router.

You don't have to buy your modem, router or gateway from your ISP, you can get one from a local retailer such as BestBuy or Fry's or online from places like Amazon.

As far as the brand goes, the brand is not as important as the model. Some manufacturers release a good model but the next is crap. I would look at the Amazon reviews of models that interest you. Even if you don't buy from Amazon the reviews will tell you a lot about which models to avoid. Look for at least 20 or more reviews with at least a 4 star rating. Read a few and see if they sound like the particular model will work for your application.

Most cable Internet providers use the cable modem's MAC address to activate the modem.

You'll have to call your cable provider with the MAC of the new modem so they can activate it on your account. The MAC address is usually printed on a sticker attached to the modem.

That being said,

No desktop is going to have a cable modem. It might have a dial-up modem, though most newer PC's don't include one.

Many newer PC's do include WiFi and Ethernet adapters and this might be what you are referring to.

Here is how it works,

Your cable modem connects to the Incoming coaxial cable and provides Internet (WAN) access from your ISP.

This WAN connection connects to a wireless router, In your case, with a gateway, the connection is internal.

A router connects two separate networks and manage the traffic between them.

In most home network applications the router connects your local group of computers and devices known as the LAN with the Internet, commonly called the WAN or Wide Area Network.

There are usually 4 LAN ports on the router to connect PCs and other devices via Ethernet cables if need be.

A wireless router enables you to provide wireless (WiFi) Internet access to all of your WiFi enabled devices such as laptops, game consoles, cell phones and tablets, Streaming devices such as Roku boxes and Internet enabled TV and sound devices, etc.

Wireless signals are affected by many factors including wall density, electrical interference, directional antenna range, etc. All of these factors will affect your actual wireless range.

Just because a particular wireless router works good at one location does not guarantee that it will have similar performance in a different location due to variance in the factors listed above.

You should try to centrally locate your wireless router or gateway up high and away from dense walls and electrical and 2.4 GHz wireless interference such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors, etc.

The best solution would be to use a wired (Ethernet) connection between your PC and the router.

A quality 50' Ethernet patch cable is less than $10 at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001W26TIW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001W26TIW

If it is not feasible to run cables you have other options such as powerline network adapters You plug one in by the router and one in the room where you need access and connect them to the devices with standard Ethernet patch cables. http://isp1.us/reviews/netgear-xavb2101-powerline-adapter/

The network signals are transmitted over your existing home electrical wiring which will not be affected by wireless interference.

However, if you absolutely need the wireless mobility there are various other ways to extend a Internet connection to areas with a weak wireless signal.

Devices such as wireless extenders that can expand your wireless range if need be. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YAYM06/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=excharge-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004YAYM06

The wireless range extender receives weak wireless signals and repeats them to extend the signal range to greater distances. Some models include 4 Ethernet ports in addition to the wireless radio.

Good Luck...

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