Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / August 2008

A friend of mine went to the apple store and was advised to keep her laptop
always on never turn it off: opinions

My ExpressCard slot on my 17" MacBook Pro broke. Cards inserted into
the slot will not stay in; it just pushes them back out. So it needs
repair.
I had to make an appointment with a Mac Genius through the Concierge

Does anyone know of any free software to recover deleted files?
This is on an Apple iBook G4 laptop.
Thanks

Still using airport snow base station (the dual ethernet version),
connected via cable modem to Timewarner cable, connected via ethernet
and administered by an iMac running tiger 10.4.11. My Powerbook G4
(still using panther) connects to the internet via wifi through the

Although it would probably amaze many people, it is possible to turn
your laptop into a GPS system.
http://gadgetupdates.googlepages.com/laptop_gps_system

New MacBook, and the Airport claims to be connected to the wireless network
but nothing actually connects to the internet - no web pages, no Software
Update. And the wireless network is fine because other computers are having
no difficulty getting web pages.

I've got a weird problem I'm sure you can explain to me:
If I'm trying to use several applications that need internet access
over AirPort it seems like only one gets a decent internet "stream",
even if the other does not take up nearly the maximum download

How's wi-fi reception on the macbook pro?
I've had a 13" iBook G4 (white plastic) and a 15" powerbook G4
(aluminum).  The WIFI reception on the iBook was great; the powerbook
NOT so good.  Probably the aluminum interfered with reception.  Others