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Airport Express - Yes!

My neighbors have been cheap, ungenerous. Every one of those who use to have WiFi have started to use passwords. I live in a 1-bd apt with my boyfriend and for me to use Internet on my own is to steal other's connection. My boyfriend thinks if you pay for your airport anyway, it shouldn't matter to keep it to yourself of not. There's a reason for sure.

Sharing your network slows down the connection, and for security reason it's not good. We decided, rather than waiting for another generous airporter, to buy our own. Airpor Express $99 is a really good deal. It works perfectlly for 1-bd apt. It looks like a charger of your laptop. Plug it in and install the utility application. Done.

Of course I set a password.

Mac Attacks

Working M-F at an office with a latest Mac didn't compel me to get a computer at home. Actually, I have an Mac G4 desktop at home that I use to watch DVDs and play music. This computer is fine but I don't use it otherwise because the desk it's sitting on is too narrow for me to work.

I see people using their laptops (mostly Macs in arty Williamsburg), enjoying a creative weekend morning at a local cafe, and I always wanted to be one of them. It simply seems productive somehow. As you may have noticed reading this blog, I am nothing of a professional writer. I am a non-creative office worker who likes writing and a bit of graphic design. To fulfill my intellectual, artistic hobby, I needed a laptop. Alas, the use of notepads and pens is ideal but too hard for the computer generation including myself. So the question was when to buy a laptop and which one. I have to admit that I didn't have strong enough passion to spend a couple grand to get a laptop. For me, the occasion was the business trip to Europe–It was also the moment that I realized I am a professional who needs to check emails.

MacPro was, with no doubt, my first preference. However, hearing more reviews about the new MacBook, I spent days of research on both laptops. Questioning myself, "Do you seriously need $3,000 MacBook Pro to fiddle with Photoshop and InDesign?" The answer was, at least at this point, No. But I encouraged myself by buying the black MacBook with bigger memory. I do plan to add more RAM memory which should help using photo-heavy applications for my graphic design projects. FYI: The new MacBook shares the same memory source for text and graphics.

Result: I have started this blog. And I do check my emails at home. I can watch DVD while my boyfriend sleeps in the other room where we have the desktop Mac. Besides the fact I couldn't afford a Pro, the shiny screen and the matte surface that easily gets dirty with finger oil (still I prefer the matte over shiny white), I am pretty, pretty, pretty content.