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Spectrum Cable. ddwrt netgear router. Main issue: signal is weak and intermittent on my end. My room is on the far end of the house. When the house was built, all the central "hub" (just bunch of jumbled telephone wires, cables, and built-in alarm system) was in the closet in the off-center...

In America? I doubt it. Unless it's 5G ISP like Starry Internet, US infrastructure is baked in by region. If one has Spectrum Cable ISP, there is no other cable company in the area providing its ISP service through cable. But I live in outer metro area, so I think getting Fiber, like Google...

Mobile network 3G expires next year. Wifi 6 is here. Apple M1 chipsets. Smart home devices. Traditional routers vs. mesh. ... How can one prepare for keeping up with the tech? 4G LTE has been around for a while, but when will 5G be the norm? If I get a new Wifi 6 router, do I have to upgrade...

Thanks for your expertise and insight! tN

Thanks. But OTH, MacBook Pro is overkill for me (I think, even if it is compared to an iMac, yes?) I'm also thinking about using a MacBook as my go-to main computer, at home or travel. If I had a MacBook on a vertical stand connected to a flatscreen monitor, would that be a overkill (as far as...

Years ago, I bought a late 2013 iMac. A few years later, I bought an early 2015 Macbook Air. I found that the Macbook Air quickly performed worse than the iMac, as the startup time and processing time was far more unbearable. The Geekbench Score I ran for the iMac earlier this year was 777 -...

I got this headset last Christmas from GameStop. It pretty much bricked for me after one hour of charging and an attempt to upgrade firmware. Anyone have similar experiences?

Hello everyone, I visit Tom's Guide from time to time to read up on tech stuff. I'm not super knowledgeable about tech and how it works or what makes this or that particularly special. I'm just mildly tech aware. I signed up because I had a question to ask. And I don't immerse myself in any...