My life un-plugged is quite a life (& all praises to Allah), but ever since i've gone all MBA (& no it ain't the one you're thinking :p), i had to tweak few things here & there before i was all good to go.
The experience is nothing short of epic (as of today), & the calis' & chinese have got another satisfied customer, so to speak.
After migrating all my data from dell (served me well, so i won't call it a dell-hell) & selling the old granny off (RIP), i updated software on the new machine, calibrated display etc etc & then went on with the tweaking process.
Here is list of things i installed & troubleshoots i ran;
Installations;
- Right Zoom - Full screen zooms
- MacPar Deluxe - unRars the Rars
- TextEdit - so far so good.
- Coolbook - so far so cool; a cooling software improves mba's battery life.
- Chrome - pre-installed safari is all good, but a backup browser would do just fine.
- Google_voice_video_plugin
- Skype
- Configured iChat - along with some other customizable configurations.
As for the troubles & troubleshoots, well they do come handy in gizmos (& everyone of 'em has a fair share of those);
The airport (wifi) kept disconnecting every once in a while, causing much discomfort at this end.
I tried running network diagnostics, playing around with network preferences all for nada though.
I was left with lil option than to change my fully functional STC's WPA-router to that of WPA2 one (as i read someone suggesting in troubleshoot forums).
Disgruntled by the mba's continuos connection-hiccups, I called bros at STC in middle of the night & asked them for a new upgraded router.
At about 8 am next morning, the technician was at my doorstep with a brand new router.
He set it up & when i asked him for router charges said; "No Sir, its free."
When i tried returning him the older (functioning) one, he said since i got it as part of initial installation-package its all mine too.
wooot!
New one looks pretty much like a snap-frame;
AlhamduliLLAh, thereafter the mba's ariport din't hitch at all, & is soaring pretty smooth on a swift connection.
Btw, news is that these guys are responsible for the arranged-marriage of geeky technology with stylish aesthetic-sense.
Check out;
Look closer;
And closer.. some more;
Its a vase.. its a flower.. its a .. naaah!
[what did u think?]
[what did u think?]
Its a Router / Modem, with artificial flowers (& not the real ones) as antennas blooming out.
tadaaaah!
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