Help! Can any of you experts advise on a very basic problem? A friend of mine, on holiday in the States, bought herself a Mac PowerBook G4 to use at home in Greece where we both live.
She succcessfully set it up, but when she came to read the instruction book in order to set up the Internet connection, it said something to this effect: This computer must in no circumstances be plugged in to a digital phone line, at risk of damaging the internal modem.
Now as we understand it, Greece has had a fully digital phone system for at least three years. What is she supposed to do?
She has spoken to four Mac helpline experts in the USA and UK, who all say different things. She has talked to the phone company and her local computer shop, with no joy. One person told her she would not be able to use the laptop in Greece. Another told her to plug it in and ignore the book. A third told her she probably needed an adaptor but didnt know what kind, and went on to suggest that she ask the phone company to restore her analog phone line. The last one suggested she buy a wireless base in order to use the PowerBooks wireless option, but could not tell her whether it would be ok to plug the base into a digital phone line.
There is a lot of money, for her, at stake here. Can anyone help? We are both computer-literate but we are not techies like you guys, so please use words of two syllables when replying!
Many thanks
She succcessfully set it up, but when she came to read the instruction book in order to set up the Internet connection, it said something to this effect: This computer must in no circumstances be plugged in to a digital phone line, at risk of damaging the internal modem.
Now as we understand it, Greece has had a fully digital phone system for at least three years. What is she supposed to do?
She has spoken to four Mac helpline experts in the USA and UK, who all say different things. She has talked to the phone company and her local computer shop, with no joy. One person told her she would not be able to use the laptop in Greece. Another told her to plug it in and ignore the book. A third told her she probably needed an adaptor but didnt know what kind, and went on to suggest that she ask the phone company to restore her analog phone line. The last one suggested she buy a wireless base in order to use the PowerBooks wireless option, but could not tell her whether it would be ok to plug the base into a digital phone line.
There is a lot of money, for her, at stake here. Can anyone help? We are both computer-literate but we are not techies like you guys, so please use words of two syllables when replying!
Many thanks