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MAFKKA on 25 August 2009

Ok.. well then. Thread over.



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MAFKKA on 25 August 2009

And thanks for all the help btw!



MAFKKA on 25 August 2009

That I'll probably shell out for the Pro while its still out, and that i'll manage without internet connectivity for a while, well i wont have it connected all the time. Atleast not the wireless kind, but i'll connect it with the ethernet cable at first just so that i can see what XBL is all about. But it wont be a permanent solution, just when i feel like checking out whats new.

I had some problems with DNS when i switched the ethernet cable between my PS3 and Laptop right away, so will see how it handles PS3 to 360.

And thats about it. Im a bit hesitent though, since it won't do all the things id prefer it would. But the option of downloading games is a big plus, BIG plus!



NightAntilli on 25 August 2009
MAFKKA said:
That I'll probably shell out for the Pro while its still out, and that i'll manage without internet connectivity for a while, well i wont have it connected all the time. Atleast not the wireless kind, but i'll connect it with the ethernet cable at first just so that i can see what XBL is all about. But it wont be a permanent solution, just when i feel like checking out whats new.

I had some problems with DNS when i switched the ethernet cable between my PS3 and Laptop right away, so will see how it handles PS3 to 360.

And thats about it. Im a bit hesitent though, since it won't do all the things id prefer it would. But the option of downloading games is a big plus, BIG plus!

Well you can also try this.. Like I said, I have no wireless, but I assume this works. It'll cost you some trouble, but it'll cost you less money.. See if you wanna do it.. Might be too complicated for the average person but yeah i think you're the best judge to see what you want/can do about it..

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/10/02/how-to-cheap-wireless-for-your-xbox-360/



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Crashdown77 on 26 August 2009
MAFKKA said:
Crashdown77 said:
MAFKKA said:
Yeah i know, but my appartment wont really allow it.. id have to draw the cable across the floor, or get a 20m (70 feet.. i think thats a right conversion) ethernet cable.

Oh cool if theres a 2 game bundle for 299, cus only a console for 299 seems a bit "expensive" if i can get the same console but without a HDD for what, 149$? 199$? Still think ill be buying an Arcade model (or Pro, now that you mention it).

The reason i was interested in the Elite to begin with was because i thought it had built in WiFi and was pretty mych the same as the PS3. But i've come to learn that an Arcade (or Pro) might be a better investment. Well, come to think of it.. ill need a Pro.. since i need to download some demos which cant has to be installed. And since the Xbox is suppose to have more demos then the PS3, it seems stupid to not take advantage of that.

But that WiFi is killing me.. isnt it very over priced? I think its like 90$ here in sweden. Mightve droped in price since i last heard about it.. dunno.

And about being banned from XBL, i have alot of friends thats hacked their console, pretty much anyone with an xbox over here has a hacked unit (or it might just be that i know a bunch of shady people :D), but they all have been online with their xbox, so there must be a way to get around it.


I don't want to call you a liar, but what apartment do you live in that your router is 70 feet away from your TV? My house, which is an average 1300 square foot house, is only about 45 feet long front to back. If this is really the case, you probably have the money to afford a $100 adaptor, because 70 foot long apartments are called "penthouses".
I thought I was going to have to go with a 25 footer, but I found out that vents go all the way through walls, so I got away with an 8 footer.

 

20 meters = 65.6167979 feet

Its not that my router is 70 feet away from my tv. But i'd have to nail it along side the "strip"(?) (translation?), the wooden thingy that goes along the bottom of the wall. Otherwise i'd have to have the cable across the hallway and through the livingroom. My appartment is 775 square feet according to this conversion table: http://www.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/conversion-chart.cgi?type=3&from=3&to=11

So no.. im not a liar :D

Ah, I get it. I was just super confused, like I said, I didn't think you were lying. It's more about getting it out of the way. And in English the strip of wood that goes along the floor on the wall is called a "baseboard", because I'm an architecture nerd.



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MAFKKA on 26 August 2009

Hehe thanks.. ill remeber that. Baseboard.