Recent content by Cam

I think the Mac app store will not prevent or interfere with your ability to get software from where ever you want or can. Developers will still be able to have their own web sites and the major Mac software collection sites will still be around. It is just for iPhone and IPad users (but not mac...

There are routers with more "industrial strength" but I don't have any experience. Some people have replaced the antennae on their routers with ones that can extend the range or even focus the beam (you can search the internet for these to purchase, and youtube showing you how to make a focusing...

There are some excellent Excel forums where I have gotten help. One seems to specialize in mac http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Excel/ and another I have used, and as long as the feature is the same in Mac and PC I think they can help http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=10

Also I meant to say it can be your ISP. Comcast went "bad" around thanksgiving for me, with slow speeds. I used Speedtest.com to measure my speed over a week (regularly running the Java program). I varied from very good to not even getting the test to run at all, like I was disconnected. I was...

Sometimes a new (and interfering) device has landed on your wireless channel. One thing to try is to change your broadcast channels. The interfering device can be some new wireless router (like a neighbors) or cordless phones, microwaves. You can option-click your wireless beacon (in 10.6 Snow...

I will have to wait for the translation....

I have also watched the agribusiness a bit. There are some big players that could cause concern, though we still pay less for food here than in other countries. Things like pesticides can turn on them quickly if the public gets outraged. They probably hate the power the public has to change...

I have had some training (by my company as to avoid this behavior) on monopolies. Being a monopoly is not illegal in the US but anti-competitive behavior is illegal. So you can't try to become a monopoly by driving out competition or preventing them from starting. I followed the Microsoft...

The red flag of course is the Transmit rate of 1 and a Signal and Noise ratio that are the same (a less negative number is better). One thing to try is change the channel being used, a conflicting router nearby (neighbor?) could be affecting you. This is a common first thing to try. There is a...

I have my dock on the right side and it is hidden until I move my mouse over. This really gives me plenty of space and only comes into play when I want something for my dock.

Other than the case, what components are still from 1984? The screen is not, the first color mac was the Macintosh Color Classic introduced in 1993. The USB cable is not. Presumably if it really is Snow Leopard and not hacked, it has to be an Intel processor.

I have used VisualRoute, http://www.visualroute.com/. This should give you some information about the latency and number of stops between your computer and your destination. But I don't have any experience with serious network analysis software, for example looking at the entire network load.

You have to set up the iMac for "internet sharing". http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8156.html This is for OS 10.5 but all versions support this.

When you go to the Network System Pref pane, does it list Airport (it should have this as a choice in the list along with Firewire and Ethernet). If it has Airport is it reporting this service as "not connected"? Is the Airport the top most service in the list (I think it is suppose to be the...

Any chance you upgraded to Snow Leopard about this same time? There are quite a few threads on the internet about the SN upgrade ending in intermittent wireless or very slow download speeds. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2142725...