Re: Airport Extreme - g vs n?

I want to thank James, Mal and Ronni for their replies which I've found quite helpful. In particular I want to thank Ronni for her detailed explanation and her generous offer of trying out her "g" base station, which I am accepting. I will let the group know how it handles when I've set i

Re: Airport Extreme - g vs n?

Hello Mike, Background: My current Network setup is an Airport Extreme 802.11N (upstairs) & an Airport Express 802.11N (downstairs in Computer room with Epson TX700W-wireless 802.11b/g MF Printer connected). My MacBook Pro is 802.11N, my MacMini is 802.11N, the Printer is 802.11b/g. I d

Re: Airport Extreme - g vs n?

In all honesty, save your pennies and go for the Airport Extreme especially for down the road. Airport Extreme dual-band is great because you can lay it out like the following: * Mac on 802.11n on 5GHz * Xbox 360 on 802.11a on 5GHz * iPhone on 802.11g on 2.4GHz * PS3/Wii on 802.11g on 2.4G

Is it OK to post discount codes here?

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Re: java unavailable

On 04/08/2009, at 5:25 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hi Ronni , Seeing you are in the middle of this I did a cross check of mine , which says Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_16- b06-284) I am running 10.5.6 and while software check offers 10.5.7 nothing is said

Re: java unavailable

Hi Ronni , Seeing you are in the middle of this I did a cross check of mine , which says Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_16- b06-284) I am running 10.5.6 and while software check offers 10.5.7 nothing is said about Java update being available From a search at

Re: Airport Extreme - g vs n?

Thanks James Primarily I see the wireless being used for the first two items on your list, particularly for convenience. Any heavy-duty use can be done via ethernet. At present the only competitor for bandwidth will be my iPhone. Cheers Mike On 04/08/2009, at 4:28 PM, James Devenish wro

Re: java unavailable

Yes James ... but, it should read 1.5.0_19 from Apple.Inc ... not what you typed 1.5.9_19 0 ... not 9! On 04/08/2009, at 4:42 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: it's from apple incJames On 04/08/2009, at 14:51, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, You're welcome. Are you sure it's not 1.5.0_19

Re: java unavailable

it's from apple incJames On 04/08/2009, at 14:51, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, You're welcome. Are you sure it's not 1.5.0_19 from Apple.Inc? Not 1.5.9_19 Cheers, Ronni On 04/08/2009, at 2:36 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: thanks for the testers both work fine & the javatester says i'

Re: Airport Extreme - g vs n?

Hi Mike, 2009/8/4 Mike Fuller : > I'm getting a Mac laptop (MacBook Core2duo 2.16) and want to use it's > wireless capabilities, so I'm after a wifi base station. The 1 thing not mentioned...what will you be doing with your wireless? Web browsing? Printing? File sharing? Backups? Multi-player ga

Airport Extreme - g vs n?

I'm getting a Mac laptop (MacBook Core2duo 2.16) and want to use it's wireless capabilities, so I'm after a wifi base station. As much as I'd like the latest Airport Extreme or even the Express, with their 802.11n standard, money is a factor so I've been considering the earlier Airport Ex