Buying a Powerbook for School, Network Question

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Sorry if im stupid about this but it will be my first non-desktop Mac

I'm buying a brand new Powerbook for school in a few weeks and was just wondering if since my school has a wireless connection if i can use that with a Mac even though it is running windows xp on most of the computers.

thanks ahead of time
 
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yes you will be able to get one the network.
 
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It would be as if you were pluged in with your mac, you will have access to everything that the windows users will have access to, only your will be safer ;)
 
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No problem at all. Just be sure to turn on some sort of security protection, if your school uses it.
 
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Does it automatically find the signal and boom the internet etc... works?
 
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yes if there is no password on the network, if there is then it will promt you, you type it in, and then boon network, and if you add it to your keychain then no more promting for passwords.
 
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PowerBookG4 said:
yes if there is no password on the network, if there is then it will promt you, you type it in, and then boon network, and if you add it to your keychain then no more promting for passwords.

what if there's a password and i dont know it?
 

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The school that you will be attending should supply you with all the information you need to access their network.
 

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