Word: delling
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...transceivers around the school--unassuming, almost unnoticeable little boxes that flooded the campus with wireless signals. Two grades, sixth and ninth, were selected to be the school's inaugural cybernauts. Their parents were required to buy laptops for them on their own dime: Apple iBooks for the sixth-graders, Dell Windows machines for the older kids--the idea was to give students a look at both sides of the personal computing world. To kick things off in style, the staff held an Out of the Box event at which the kids unpacked and were introduced to their electronic sidekicks...
...notebook that has a built-in wireless card and is running Windows XP or Mac OS X should immediately detect the presence of your network and, if all goes well, configure itself. My iBook was connected in less than a minute. The Dell 600m I borrowed required a bit more fiddling but was pretty straightforward...
These days, self-starters have fewer opportunities to screw up, thanks to better setup wizards and wi-fi--ready computers. But home networking is still a tricky business. Tech-support people can sometimes unravel a problem over the phone, but if they can't, consider calling in a pro. Dell and Gateway make house calls for fees starting at $160. You can also search the database at fhome.com to find a network installer near you. Most charge by the hour...
...year's update enhances the photo slide show and adds a radio tuner. Better yet are two movie-download services and a program that lets you burn DVDs by using just the remote control. The user interface could still be improved, but with living-room-friendly PCs coming from Dell, Gateway and others, even DVD-equipped TiVos will face stiff competition this holiday season...
...makes us feel less welcoming,” said Winthrop resident Melissa L. Dell...