On 11 Jan 2006, at 17:45, Andrew Rodger wrote:
So maybe not all bad news unless it is a different shape..... do you think it will fit my G4/400? I just hate the idea of it sitting in a drawer until it gets thrown out in ten years' time (like all my other left over ram). The G4 has PC100-2225, PC100-3225 and PC133-333 and one free slot.
It won't work unfortunately - laptop memory and desktop memory are physically different sizes, but again the G4 has older SDRAM (pc100 or pc133) and the memory from the laptop is DDR.
On another matter. Last June we were promised broadband but it never happened - too far from exchange. At the time I was given a little USB modem by BT and some very dubious software which were both generally held to be cr*p by those who had an opinion but I never had a chance to use it. BT have come back and said they can probably get it to work now, so I have signed up again, though am not holding my breath. We have been on satellite broadband for the last three and a half years and it is a crippling expense (est. £4k in usage charges + kit), so a cheer will be heard a long way off if it does work. My question is whether anyone has any advice for installing the software for the modem they send me, to avoid the dubiety and the latest thinking on ADSL modems for splitting the signal. I have a router without adsl socket and fancied a router with one is probably the best way to go, though an inexpensive adsl link for my existing router might do if I knew such a thing existed. I had been planning to get an Airport Extreme but assume that will not work with a connection direct to DSL without a modem. Any advice most welcome. Thanks.
If you can, always avoid using a USB modem on the mac - the drivers are often poor and cause kernel panics. A proper router will give you hardware firewall protection for free, and no driver issues. A combined ADSL router and wireless router from a company like Netgear goes for about 60 quid on ebuyer.co.uk or one of the other big online sellers, and makes setup easy, and will work perfectly with your Mac. You will indeed need an ADSL modem between an Airport Extreme and the line.
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