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Photo of UA query on my iMac You were daring, going to 10.8.4 already. Haha

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_8_3) AppleWebKit/536.29.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0.4 Safari/536.29.13 I think there's one newer version of Safari available but I haven't done a software update to 10.8.4 yet which it's part of.

Where would I get it?

Hi dicoy, from an electronics engineer (sort of/almost - I just retired 3 years ago, but still work at it 1 day a week....jet engine controls. Yes. With a little work, we probably could make the phones do all that stuff.

I too have an older MacBook Pro (2006) with the Core Duo processor. Like CA3LE said, there's more to changing the processor than just putting that device in, and de soldering the old one and soldering in a new one would likely trash the board. I'm curious about your model. According to Mactracker, the 2007 MacBooks were 64-bit machines. The late 2006 MB was the first with the Core 2 Duo 64-bit processor. So if yours is really a Core Duo, it's a 2006, it's 32-bit, and not sure, but it likely has 2 MB RAM or less. It's possible that it would run older Windows versions like XP or Win7 32 bit. But with only 2 MB of RAM your performance may be limited, as Windows requires a lot of RAM to run well. Apple has Boot Camp which requires rebooting the Mac but if you just need some PC-only software that doesn't require a lot of resources, it might work. There are older versions of Parallels available allowing simultaneous Windows and Mac OS, but again with only 2 MB RAM your performance might not be great. Also, the hard drives in those older machines weren't very big 80-120 GB, and if the hard drive is almost full performance will suffer. You can upgrade the HDD though. I put a 500 GB 2.5 in drive in my wife's 2006 MacBook Pro and it breathed a lot of life into it (along with some more RAM). I also think the MacBook didn't have a separate graphics card, so any software that is graphically intensive running on Windows would probably not be too great either. I have zero experience though running Boot Camp or Parallels on any Mac, so I'm not sure exactly what can and can't be done here. There's a ton of discussions out there on the Internet about running Boot Camp or Parallels. If you just need to run a few simple PC-only programs, it might be worth investigating further. You can get older versions or Parallels and Windows that will run on a 32-bit Mac. If you need Windows for some PC-only 64 bit games though, getting a newer machine would be a must. Note. My wife's 2006 MacBook Pro can't upgrade past Mac OS 10.6.8, but that's not as big a bummer (yet) as you'd think. Aside from a few nice aspects of the newer Mac OSs, 10.6.8 is one of the best operating systems ever developed. Things will get worse as 64-bit only software takes over. But the only real bummer for us so far is that TurboTax abandoned the 32-bit machines on the Mac (but not on the PCs...grrrrrrrr). Ironically though, TurboTax was available on the iPad, but that company developed that software on the Mac, then dumped on them. Still, not being able to run some of the latest Mac software like iTunes 11 was not a bummer at all. I tried iTunes 11 on my 2010 iMac and went back to 10.7 as they eliminated multiple windows in iTunes 11, which was a huge misstep. Plus when I use the latest Mac OS 10.8 on the iMac, I make it look just like OS 10.6.8. The only things that the newer OS offers (for me at least) is better iCloud integration with Notes, Reminders, and Photostreaming. So soldiering on with the 2006 32 bit MacBook Pro is still going well. With the extra RAM and bigger HDD, it's still pretty quick, it has wireless 802.11 n, and is rock stable. After 7 years, it's performing better than any other computer that I've ever owned at age 7 by quite a large margin. I don't plan on retiring it any time soon. It still runs Web based games fine, and the grand kids use it all the time when they're here. Your old MacBook would benefit from the same RAM and HDD upgrade as I did (not expensive), and that machine will continue giving you good use for quite a while. But again, if you're after graphic intensive gaming on PC-only games, a new machine would be the way to go.

That last big number is 394,573,089,701,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times bigger than Avogardo's Number 6.022E23 which is the number of molecules in a mole of a substance. So yes, that is a lot of combinations. Oh. And I forgot: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12345678987654321

The numbers shown in my signature are with Time Warner's 15 Mbps up, 1 Mbps down plan. The iMac numbers are on Ethernet, the iMac numbers are using wireless from my garage, through walls and cabinets and at least 30 ft from the AirPort Extreme Base Station wireless N. based on your high numbers on the SpeedTest site, at least on the surface it appears your equipment is capable. As I said, after seeing results on a closer TestMy server using standard testing, we can assess this better.

And the OOKLA based SpeedTest numbers are not indicative of true Internet performance. Read on the TestMy Home Page, select the tab "What Makes TMN Different". Your SpeedTest pics show that you were connected to a local server 50 mi away, and as TriRan mentioned, the TestMy results were obtained using "Coast To Coast". Pick a TestMy server close to you. Any of the problems mentioned above by RTB are possible, but re-run with a closer TestMy server and post the Ethernet and wireless results. You can expect results on TestMy that are lower than what the OOKLA based SpeedTests will show because TestMy's speed tests are more indicative of what real Internet browsing performance really is. Once we see some results with the closer server, we can assess this a little better.

I have TWC's basic Internet service 15 Mbpsdown, 1 Mbps up. I can stream HD off Netflix OK. My speeds on TestMy.net are pretty close to their advertised minimums. I'm with Time Warner Cincinnati. Their current service here is better than it used to be. In the past the service was 10 M down and 1 M up. It was very up and down too. I used to average about 8 Mbps down and 0.8, and it would vary from test to test by 50% and sometimes more. Since they upgraded at the beginning of the year to the 15 Mbps, it's more consistent, but is still typically all over the place. However, even under their older service I could stream HD video. BUT! I use wire Ethernet to my streaming devices. I have a good wireless system Apple's Extreme Base Station, but wired Ethernet is much better for streaming. I have 2 LG Blueray streamers and a Roku (top model with Ethernet) and they do stream HD video fine. Not sure if you're wireless or not, but if you are, try hard wiring it. I did have a couple of periods in the past where the TWC equipment went out of calibration. Once it had a signal that was too high in amplitude. They didn't get that one fixed until they sent a real Tech out to check it out. Another time they had erratic operation with intermittent signal loss. They didn't resolve that one until a Tech came out to the house. So keep calling in your problem. Once you've called a couple of times, they will send someone out to check out their gear both inside and outside the house. And their Speed Test is worthless. It'll say things are good even with intermittent operation. So keep pressing home the point that you're not able to stream HD. When the tech comes, he'll have an instrument that will show him what the datastream is doing. And talking to their help people about their inaccurate speed test is like talking to a cement block.

What's a command line? Haha. I haven't used used it since running a VT100 terminal emulator on a Mac IICi in the early 90s, to access a MicroVax and an IBM 370 at GE. I take that back, I used the Terminal app on my iMac a while back to try something I saw posted in another discussion forum. The first programming I ever did was on an HP9825, with a single line display. HP's HPL language. OMG.... p(p1,p3,p4(p2,p5)). We used them at GE to control some of the first IEE-488 automated instruments that tested our electronic controls for jet engines. Software QA was not too good in the early days. You just took a Sharpie, and wrote on the tape cartridge or big floppy disk "this is the latest version" ...HAHAHAHA Here's an HP9825: http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=171

Welcome from SW Ohio

Welcome from South West Ohio in the US

Hi. Welcome.

Hi from the suburbs of Cincinnati.. That's the same modem change I plan on making soon.

Yes. Absolutely it works. I use a Mac with Safari, and an iPad and iPhone with iOS Safari. They both work fine.

Holy crap tommie? that's bad

Your upload speeds are what my download speeds are.

I don't think you need to automatically detect if a phone is on Wifi or 3G or whatever. Just change/add the identifiers in the pop-up list. iPhone Detected (Wifi) iPhone Detected (cellular) iPad Detected (Wifi) iPad Detected (cellular) We can pick the one we want to store data In. They wouldn't necessarily have to be iPhones and iPads. They could just be called phones and tablets. We can choose the identifier before running the tests. That way we can have separate data files for 3G and Wifi. And it wouldn't take a lot of effort on your part trying to identify it automatically. When I look back at my iPhone history speed tests, I don't get a representative average because the Wifi and 3G test data is all together. Most of the time I'm testing on my iPhone I'm on wifi because 3G is so pathetic ( I only use it when I absolutely have to-data limits, poor performance) and I have no data limits on wifi.

Here's the SmallNetBuilder charts. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/view Using WAN to LAN performance as the comparison factor, Hit the price/performance button. Then pick your price range. And pick some of the models at the top of the chart for performance. Then you can go read their reviews - which are very detailed. These guys are very knowledgeable reviewers. Then go see what the public thinks of them with the star ratings.

CA3LE. Is there a way your site can recognize whether a phone is on WiFi or on a cellular network? Probably easier for us to do it manually - Maybe you could add some labels like iPhone Detected (cellular) and iPhone Detected (WiFi). My iPhone results history is a mix of 3G and Wifi. My iPad is Wifi only, but some have cellular capability, so maybe extra labels for them too.

There's a site called SmallNetBuilder that has very good technical reviews by knowledgeable people. This is some research I did about a year ago. I look for products that have less than 20% of their reviews at 1 or 2 stars out of 5. Anything more than that is a red flag to me that something is wrong. Then I calculate a price per performance ratio in $ per star which is an indicator of how much I'm paying for quality. WAN to LAN price/performance - these were the routers with the better price per performance ratio as rated on SmallNetBuilder's site. In order of $/star: ESR9855G EnGenius Multimedia Enhanced Wireless N Gaming Router with Gigabit $20.50/star. $82 Newegg, 4.5 stars/22reviews on Google, 3. 1-2 star reviews 14%, probably not enough reviews to be meaningful. E3200 Cisco High Performance Dual-Band N Router gigabit $27.25/star $109 minus $30 special Amazon 4 stars/142 reviews, 15 1-2 star reviews 11%, 4.5 stars on Google/485 reviews RT-N56U ASUS Black Diamond Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router $31/star $124, 4 stars/449 reviews, 82. 1-2 stars 18% Airport Extreme Base Station 5th gen, A1408, MD031LL/A, $170, 4.5 stars/135 reviews, 16. 1-2star 12%, 10 1-star $37.78/star WNDR4500 Netgear. N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router $45/star. $180 4 star/160 reviews, 42. 1-2 star. 26% -------------------------------------------------------------------- not ranked in any particular order Product HD Media Router 2000 DIR-827 gigabit D-Link $142. 3.5 stars/6 reviews amazon Product N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000 Company NETGEAR $126. 3.5 stars/168 reviews, 39 1-star Amazon Product Maximum Performance Wireless-N Router Linksys E4200 gigabit Cisco $159 - $30 gift card special, 3.5 stars/385 reviews/100 one -two star reviews Product 300Mbps Wireless N Router with Gigabit Switch. ESR9850 EnGenius $60 amazon. 3.5 stars/22reviews Product N600 wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. WNDR3700v2 Netgear. $99 Amazon, 3.5 stars/781, 155. 1-star Product N750 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router F9K1103 Belkin $100 Amazon 3stars/129 reviews, 50 1-2star They not only have good reviews on SmallNetBuilder, but they have some great performance plots of a lot of products. I used their price/performance plots to select routers to go assess for price and user experience/quality (star ratings). There's likely new ones on the plots since a year ago besides the ones I looked at above. Note that the LinkSys E4200 did appear to have some issues, as 100 of the 385 reviews were 1-2 stars. However, that was a year ago, and maybe they've released some firmware updates that fixed their issues. Note that the Cisco E3200 though was rated very good, and one of the best buys at the time. So go figure. I ended up buying the Apple AirPort Extreme which is a great value. People always bad mouth it for being expensive, but it looks very competitive when you start assessing the user experience and quality ratings....one of the top 4 after I got done looking at all of those above. I do have 2 Macs, 2 iPhones, and 2 iPads in the house, so I was really just trying to assure myself that it was worth the investment. It has worked flawlessly for a year. The other ones at the top would likely be very good choices as well, excepting maybe the first one (EnGenius) because at the time it really didn't have enough reviews to be relevant-it likely has a lot more reviews by now.

Welcome from SW Ohio in the US joxxer.

Hi Chang. Welcome from SW Ohio....where it's still very cold.

If you tell them you want to use your own modem, you can return their modem and they should drop the modem rental fee. On their website, you can probably find a list of modems approved for use with their system. You can compare reviews on them, or post on TestMy and ask other Comcast users which ones they have and what their experience is. If the laptop really is wireless G, when you're not using it, either turn the laptop off or turn that compute t's wireless off, and you should see the wireless N speeds on the other computer.

Welcome from SW Ohio