Laptop and wireless network help please - Page 2

superduperwesman · #1 11-28-2008, 07:27 AM

Yeah Vista sucks... I mean it has cool aspects but my brand new (< 1year old) Toshiba laptop is way slower than the Compac I had with XP. My finance has a brand new Sony Vaio which also seems a lot slower than it should be for a brand new computer... and it's not like we bought the low end models.

Slick Fork · #2 11-28-2008, 07:34 AM

I've got Vista on my laptop and my desktop, absolutely glitch free now for almost a year. Or at least, no more glitches then XP ever gave me. Just like the transition from 98 or 2000 to XP if you're running borderline hardware then you're bound to have problems. My transition from XP to vista was WAY smoother than the transition to XP Pro.

Anyways, I've got a linksys router at home and it works fine. Not having experience with any of the others I can't make a comparitive statement but I do love having the wireless. Nice to sit out on the deck in the summer with a coffee and the laptop and get stuff done!

Pescador · #3 11-27-2008, 11:11 PM

For routers I've had good luck with Linksys and D-Link.
If your not going to be gaming the Mac is pretty slick, I've got 2 windows machines running downstairs that I've hardly touched since getting a Macbook. With no virus or spyware worries I'm a convert. When your operating system doesn't have to run on every possible PC configuration out there things run pretty smooth.
My kid has another two Macs running as well, and we have three additional hardrives and a printer that all play together on the same network.

I also just converted a friend to a Mac and transfered all her stuff over no problem.
With "Black Friday" this week in the States there might be some discounts at Apple.