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Silvertwinkie · 03-22-2003, 09:03 AM

What do you use?

Eric

BobbyW · 03-22-2003, 09:36 AM

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Silvertwinkie · 03-22-2003, 09:54 AM

Bobby,

Are you talking abou the general forum statistics page? I like that page, but I was looking for a bit more specific detail to the actual OS uses out there rather than just a general are you using Windows, Mac or other.

Eric

Pick · 03-22-2003, 02:10 PM

I use Linux Mandrake 9.0 and Windows XP Professional. Just bought an HP 5455 Pocket PC. It was a toss up between the HP and an Apple laptop. Al Gore joining Apple's BOD clinched it for me.

Silvertwinkie · 03-22-2003, 02:23 PM

Pick,

As an avid Apple fan, I too was really bothered by the Al Gore thing.

I'm getting one of those 17" laptops for work in a few months-- you know the one Al invented after he invented the Internet and some Interet jargon!

Eric

ALANSD · 03-22-2003, 02:30 PM

I use OS-10 Jaguar and win XP Pro, and I like both. I prefer windows for many apps, but I use I-Movie 3 and I-Tunes quite a bit.

BobbyW · 03-22-2003, 02:46 PM

Under my table right now I have:

2 XP Pro
2 Win98 SE
Citrix MetaFrame XP Server
Redhat Linux 8.0
Suse Linux 8.1
Mitel E-Smith 5.6
Mac 8
Mac X

This is my setup at Home

-BobbyW

Silvertwinkie · 03-22-2003, 03:15 PM

Bobby,

That's one impressive setup. I thought I took the cake for home networking, but my hats of to you!

Thanks for posting!

Eric

Tikihut · 03-23-2003, 07:12 AM

I have a Mac with OS-9 2 deesk tpos one win winXP the other win Win2000 and my slow laptop has win 98 on it

Silvertwinkie · 03-23-2003, 09:01 AM

Cool Argosy-1. Hey you have an Apple store down the street. If you are an educator, you can get a free copy of OS 10.2. I can tell you that if the software is out there for your needs, it's a whole better world than 9.x was.

I see you are in Schaumburg. I'm in Glenview. Hope to meet you at one of the meets whenever they happen.

Regards,

Eric

eikel1we · 03-23-2003, 02:40 PM

Geeez you guys! I have never even heard of some of that stuff! You can make your computers get up and dance and I can't even make mine tap a toe! It's wonderful to be that gifted and able to sort out all of this computereez - I'm always in awe of this stuff. My bonnet's off to you all.
BTW, I have a new Gateway w/XP and the fancy flat screen and the cutest optical mouse. Even though I can barely make it "go", I've entered the 21st century and proud of it!!

suz

Silvertwinkie · 03-23-2003, 04:04 PM

Good for you Suz!

Don't let it get to you...everyone has a specialty, this just happens to be mine!

On a personal note, I've noticed that it seems XP is finally getting accepted. For a while it was 2000 that was the thing to have.

We Mac people just tread along with our 8-9%!

Regards,

Eric

bhsl8 · 03-24-2003, 12:22 PM

I have a Commodore 64, an Apple IIc and a turbo abbacus! Actually it seems that slow with my local 28 baud service.

Brouck

Silvertwinkie · 03-24-2003, 12:56 PM

Dude, I have an Apple //c too! Those ROCK(off the web)! Now I have a Mac, but I do still love to hook it up and play Swashbuckler and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein!

Eric

bhsl8 · 03-24-2003, 01:19 PM

" I got you". Now there is another world heard from. I wonder if ours will even fire up now.

Brouck

Silvertwinkie · 03-24-2003, 06:41 PM

The Apple //c is a great little machine. You can find parts on ebay fairly easily.

I have an Apple IIgs too and an Imagewriter II dot matrix printer.

Regards and thanks for the blast down memory lane!

Eric

amfab · 03-24-2003, 07:45 PM

g4 desktop, G4 powerbook and a little network with a quadra 605, a color classic, a 6100, and a 3400 serving webcams and iTunes all over the place. As my Caravel-as-mother-in-law/guest-house project comes along I am wondering if Airport will penetrate into the Airstream. I may have to run Ethernet out there too.. : )

Silvertwinkie · 03-24-2003, 07:51 PM

I have the first gen Airport. From approx 25 feet, I can get into the Airstream. The signal is prettly low due to the alum shell, but it works!

If you went with Airport Extreme w/ antennas, you could easily make it into the Airstream and be surfing wireless at 54mbs at possibly greater distances of 25 feet (depending on terrain). If you want/need the bandwidth for file xfer, etc, great, but most don't even have 10mb connections to the web, so even the old Airport should work well for your need depending on distance to the Airstream. Outside the Airstream, I can go almost 250 feet depending on terrain. However 25 feet is about the max to get a signal inside the Airstream (again, depending largely on terrain).

Regards,

Eric

PS- also Airport extreme only works for newer workstations. Check Apple's site for compatibility w/ your equipment or go 1st or 2ng gen Airport. Also remember to lock down your wireless, there are several way to do it, but do it, or others will be surfing the web on your dime and possibly having fun on your mini network! The Airport is one of the easiest wireless access points to configure.

mrcappuccino · 03-25-2003, 01:01 AM

I checked off other since I use more than one operating system for my network, use windows NT, 2000pro, and xp, sqlserver2000, nokia checkpoint firewall cisco7100vpn router compaq proliant server dell desktop, and a dell laptop for on the road ,use sprint pcs air card in laptop get constant connection speed at over 100 sometimes hovers at 200 use a Tmobile pocket pc which syncs to my email now you know why I needed a restoration project to work on I forgot how much fun cuts, smashed fingers,bruises and scrapes could be doing what you enjoy

amfab · 03-25-2003, 08:23 AM

Thanks Eric, I have Airport 2.0 but at 100feet or so from the base station. withwhat you are telling me it prolly wont work that great. I guess I should, now that I thnk about it, run ethernet out there for guests with other non-wireless laptops.
-Andrew