Gary,

I can comment on 2 things.

MAC or no MAC: I was a windows guys from day 1. I used DOS 1.1 if that gives you any idea how long I used Microsoft products. But, I did not want to upgrade to Vista so I got a MAC Book Pro and I love it. It took very little time to get use to it.

Internet system: I LOVE the Cradle Point routers. I have two, the MBR1000 and MBR900. The 1000 has 2 USB inputs and 1 of the new small form factor Expres Card ports. I like these because you can use whatever data device you want from almost any carrier and get connected. I currently have a Verizon 3G and a Sprint 4G device. To get extra cell range, I use a Wilson amp with an external Wilson trucker antenna and an internal antenna so all our cellular devices can share the amp. It has work very well for us. Plus each data device gives us 5GB a month, and yes we use it almost all if we stay on line all month. To connect to park WiFi I have two routers that I have put DD-WRT software on and then I connect these devices to the WAN port on the Cradle point router. What is good about that is if I loose the WiFi connection it automatically fails back to the data card. Now to be "fair and balanced", it does take some work to get everything connected and working. Getting connected to some WiFi systems can be challenging. But WiFi saves us from using up all our data card limits.

I have used 3gstore to get a lot of this hardware and have beed happy with their support.
http://3gstore.com/index.php?main_pa...roducts_id=765


There are a LOT of choices out there. Good luck!