Here's a hardware/ISP connectivity question for you Mac experts.
A friend of mine has been living in Japan for the last 15 years and he's finally returning to California & Hawaii full-time. For the next 6-12 months he'll probably be packing a suitcase among various hotels & monthly rental condos before he chooses his spot. He's a retired Navy aviator (Vietnam F-4 RIO) and he's been a military contractor for a while so he's familiar with using technology-- but not so familiar with buying it. As a single guy with no work-compatibility issues he's chosen to go Mac. He'll never go back to Windows or IE but he's flexible (blissfully ignorant) about everything else.
While he's vagabonding about in CA & HI, he's also helping out a friend with his publicity/communications work via computer and the Internet. So now he needs to stay connected an hour or two each day during his travels. I guess worst case would involve getting a cell phone call on the road and having to pull over in the middle of the desert to download e-mail, surf the Web, and upload a short-notice response.
He knows that he wants to get a MacBook laptop. He'll probably find a cell phone provider that covers both states. What else should he buy to be able to go online via cell phone, hotspot, or Internet cafés?
A friend of mine has been living in Japan for the last 15 years and he's finally returning to California & Hawaii full-time. For the next 6-12 months he'll probably be packing a suitcase among various hotels & monthly rental condos before he chooses his spot. He's a retired Navy aviator (Vietnam F-4 RIO) and he's been a military contractor for a while so he's familiar with using technology-- but not so familiar with buying it. As a single guy with no work-compatibility issues he's chosen to go Mac. He'll never go back to Windows or IE but he's flexible (blissfully ignorant) about everything else.
While he's vagabonding about in CA & HI, he's also helping out a friend with his publicity/communications work via computer and the Internet. So now he needs to stay connected an hour or two each day during his travels. I guess worst case would involve getting a cell phone call on the road and having to pull over in the middle of the desert to download e-mail, surf the Web, and upload a short-notice response.
He knows that he wants to get a MacBook laptop. He'll probably find a cell phone provider that covers both states. What else should he buy to be able to go online via cell phone, hotspot, or Internet cafés?