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Make sure you’re connected

Well, we are back…and connected big time! More of that in a moment. First up though, what a summer break….we arrived back in Australia to temperatures I forgot existed!!! Just when summer in Shanghai was firing up we headed home to extreme cases of the flu, Chickenpox, rain, rain and more rain….followed by food poisoning. Fun times……all in an apartment you couldn’t swing a cat in!!!! The place we stay is fantastic, especially in good weather with the back door open and sausages sizzlin’  but when it is constantly raining the space seems to get smaller!!! Luckily I wired it with extra fast internet, airtunes, B&W speakers, LCD TV etc……all those Chinese DVD’s we brought home were fantastic.

And now we are back and feeling very positive….a new apartment with a gorgeous big kitchen, Satellite, 2 Macs and Kimbra’s pc laptop. 3 days of connecting TV’s, networking the house…..wirelessly of course and things couldn’t get any better……but wait….tech, tech and more tech this year!!!!!! I just can’t wait. For those requiring a hand or advice on how to network your home be sure to ask as I love working out the best way possible. It is good getting all our machines and equipment “talking”.

Here’s what we have set up at home……

1 Airport extreme giving ultra fast connectivity…yes in China! to any computer that has permission to join the “Powerpad” …which is just the 3 computers. I debated this one heavily….invest in the time capsule, or go for the Extreme with hard drive connected…obviously I went for the latter I already had an external 500 gb hard drive…..I like to see the hardware and being locked in to the time capsules 500gb or 1tb scared me…what happens when I want more? Printer also hooked up so all computers can print wirelessly. 

1 20 inch imac 2.4 ghz, 320 gb….big graphics card…I couldn’t justify the 2.6 ghz.

1 old Powerbook G4 still humming along…starting to show its age when sitting next to the imac in terms of speed.

1 windows laptop.

itunes and iphoto are now running on the external hard drive allowing all computers to be up to date with incoming media….when you update on one computer then move to the next one…bam it’s up to date and raring to go! I am finding when changing albums in itunes it does take a second or two to register, but no lag when the music flies through airtunes!!!!

LCD 37 inch…….big enough…..I am finding with Dream satellite that the picture is pretty good…any bigger and the grain would become annoying….but DVD’s…..ooohhh  aaahhhhh!!!! Next in the artillery collection will be those ELAC bookshelf speakers or Focal…whichever is cheaper on Fuxing Lu… that pump out gorgeous lifelike sound…..no dodgy surround sound for me and those little speakers that feel like flies hovering behind your head!

The best thing about the system is there is room to move and change which is great as I am sure there are faster ways to keep connected. The other investment will be for Time Machine.

Yes most is Mac….and I go for it because as the video says…it just works…..having said that with school utilizing both platforms being bilingual is very handy and very easy

So welcome everyone….keep connected and let me in on your home network!!

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