I am thinking about either a MacBook or Powerbook. I travel
and still find myself using a dial-up connection from time to time.
How hard is the USB Modem to set-up with the MacBook since MB
doesn't come with an internal modem.
Anything else I should consider in making my decision. I am
a writer so I am not a really heavy graphics or computing power user
and speed isn't much of an issue either.
BTW: This will be my first Mac purchase as I have only recently
renounced the Dark Side (g).

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In article <pD%Of.1275$x94.333@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
kurtullman******.com (Kurt Ullman) wrote:

> I am thinking about either a MacBook or Powerbook. I travel
> and still find myself using a dial-up connection from time to time.
> How hard is the USB Modem to set-up with the MacBook since MB
> doesn't come with an internal modem.

Both the current range iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 come with internal 56k
modems as standard.

<http://www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html>
<http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html>

The MacBook Pro comes with airport only - requires Apple USB Modem (sold
separately)
<http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/whatsinside.html>

> Anything else I should consider in making my decision. I am
> a writer so I am not a really heavy graphics or computing power user
> and speed isn't much of an issue either.
> BTW: This will be my first Mac purchase as I have only recently
> renounced the Dark Side (g).

--
dee

In article <pD%Of.1275$x94.333@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
kurtullman******.com (Kurt Ullman) wrote:

> I am thinking about either a MacBook or Powerbook. I travel
> and still find myself using a dial-up connection from time to time.
> How hard is the USB Modem to set-up with the MacBook since MB
> doesn't come with an internal modem.

Both the current range iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 come with internal 56k
modems as standard.

<http://www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html>
<http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html>

The MacBook Pro comes with airport only - requires Apple USB Modem (sold
separately)
<http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/whatsinside.html>

> Anything else I should consider in making my decision. I am
> a writer so I am not a really heavy graphics or computing power user
> and speed isn't much of an issue either.
> BTW: This will be my first Mac purchase as I have only recently
> renounced the Dark Side (g).

--
dee