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The trigger has been pulled!

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T-Mac

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Jul 6, 2007
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After literally years of visiting MacRumors and other Apple sites on an almost daily basis, I have just ordered a Macbook from Amazon. This is not only my first Mac but my first notebook.

I now need a wireless router for my Comcast internet service. I have Best Buy gift cards to use so I have been looking at the Netgear WGR614 (cheap, decent reviews). Anyone using this router?

Thank you for allowing me to express my excitement on this forum!
 
But, you haven't been posting (alot), shame on you :p
Another maccer yes,!!
 
T-Mac said:
After literally years of visiting MacRumors and other Apple sites on an almost daily basis, I have just ordered a Macbook from Amazon. This is not only my first Mac but my first notebook.

I now need a wireless router for my Comcast internet service. I have Best Buy gift cards to use so I have been looking at the Netgear WGR614 (cheap, decent reviews). Anyone using this router?

Thank you for allowing me to express my excitement on this forum!
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WELCOME! Netgear is some good stuff. A tad above average. I'm sure it'll do what you need it to do and more.

Welcome again!
 
Congrats.....I am still working on my dell and have to wait till probably January for my MBP (becuase I am paranoid that the updates will be some amazing fantastic laptop that is so thin becuase all its parts exist in some sub-dimension that Jobs opened up using the iPhones secret transdimensional feature that they will unlock in firmware 1.1.3.)...yet I still managed to convince two people last night to buy Mac's at the local Apple Store (I just went in and started talking). Its like being a porche salesman and having to drive home in a old VW bug each day.

Josh ( :( becuase he doesn't have a :apple: )
 
Welcome to the club! Some Best Buys have a mini Apple store. If there is one of those near you, you could buy an Airport Express. They are about $100 and work fine with most broadband modems. Also, you can take it with you when you travel so you can use your MacBook wirelessly in your hotel room. I love mine.
Be sure and put one of the Apple stickers on your car so we will know you when we see you out on the road! :cool:
 
i use netgear for everything but routers...back in the day there was an issue with getting it to let you use direct connect with AIM, i never could figure it out so i went to Dlink, just dont buy a linksys
 
BanjoBanker said:
...Be sure and put one of the Apple stickers on your car so we will know you when we see you out on the road! :cool:
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Yeah, I can't wait to do that! I bought an iPod a couple of years ago and haven't put a sticker on my car because I thought it should really be for Mac users. :D
 
I'd spring for the Apple Airport Xtreme if you can. I had Netgears for years, but my WGR 614 (814?) did not like my new MacBook Pro or a friend's MacBook both with 802.11N. Even after upgrading the Netgear firmware, performance on the MBs was poor. I upgraded to an Airport and am very happy. The speed is much faster than the Netgear G, even if not full N speed because I am running G NICs on my network.

So I'd say get the Airport and use the N NIC you just bought.
 
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