[P1] Ibook forgets Dock layout

[Michael Flournoy]

Yesterday I bought an Airport card for my Clamshell iBook and a Linksys 
wireless router. I hooked it up with the uplink port to my Asante 
router ( broadband internet ). Since I am not useing the Linksys' 
router function I had no setup to do. I turned it on and clicked on 
Airport setup in the utilities folder on my laptop. It worked 
perfectly. Using the Linksys saved me $100 over the Apple base station. 
I am now writing this from the comfort of my couch. There has been no 
speed hit for going wireless. I have no problems with with my laptop, 
it is a joy to use. I just thought you might like to hear my success 
story.

    BTW, I also setup my wifes IBM Thinkpad to be wireless and that 
works properly also. However I had to install software and reboot to 
activate it. I then had to reboot and insert the PC Card after windows 
started to boot and before it finished booting ( straight from the 
instructions!). After Windows detected the card, it searched and pulled 
a driver from the Linksys folder ( from the software install in step 
one) and then rebooted again to activate the PC Card. 2 software 
installs and 3 reboots to do what my Apple did with one click. And now 
she has a thing sticking out the side of her laptop to get damaged when 
she's transporting it.

So sip your wine in celebration of your good decision making skills!

          Mike

On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 06:37 PM, Paul Bernhardt wrote:

> Now now... settle down... have a nice glass of wine and relax... it is 
> not as bad as all that. Remember the following which inflates the 
> apparent level of problems that may come git you.
>
> 1) You are on a discussion forum for people who are seeking help for 
> their iBook problems... They won't post every time they have something 
> go right with their computer. So, the overwhelming majority of threads 
> are about problems.
>
> 2) There are dozens, maybe hundreds of people subscribed to this list, 
> a fair number owning multiple computers. The chances that *one* of 
> them will have some problem on a given day is HUGE. So, you'll see 
> several messages per day, even though the rate of problems is low.
>
> 3) Psychologically, our brains are more attuned to noticing and 
> retaining negative information (because, evolutionarily, that's the 
> stuff that will kill you). That is, negative information gets our 
> attention more readily. Reading  a list of predominantly negative 
> information like this will be more psychologically arousing than other 
> lists you may read*.
>
> So, keep those things in mind while you read a list like this. It 
> ain't so bad as it seems and you may pick up a tip which allows you to 
> head off a problem before it occurs.
>
> Paul
>
> *except, of course, for *those* lists! LOL!
>
> On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 04:07 PM, Ally Maddox wrote:
>
>> Being on this chat room is scaring the stuffing out of me. I keep 
>> hearing all these horrible things that can go wrong. Then I'm like a 
>> hypochondriac who thinks she sees all these things happening to her 
>> machine!! It's scary I tell ya!! How many things can go wrong with a 
>> Mac that is supposed to be the best machine out there!! ....maybe 
>> it's time I get off this chat. ......I think I'm coming down with a 
>> fever. Do I look bad to you?.........
>
>
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