FYI, I didn't know this until today. Piggybacking Wifi is legally equvialent to tresspassing in IL, and the law specifically identifiies it. There are a lot of other states too.

Also keep in mind, two type of WiFi, the household a/b/g/n versions. G is plenty fast for almost anything.

And WiMax (still often called WiFi) this is available in several methods also. A number of cities are providing city wide coverage, for very reasonable rates. Many cell companies offer something similiar.
Neither is as fast as Cable, some do approach DSL speeds.
You will have to buy a card specifically for the service you use.

Mac or PC, please let's not argue it get whichever YOU prefer. I'm getting a lot of reports of Virus's attacking Macs(Linux), and they are fixing a lot of holes too.
I don't believe anyone has a good Vscanner for Macs.

Finally, unless you have some very special needs, high end gaming or ??, I agree today get a laptop. The compramizes are minumal.

Get it with the biggest Hard Drive you can afford / Justify etc. HDs are difficult to upgrade in laptops (Not impossible, just difficult). In most you can upgrade the memory fairly easily usually.

I'd also invest in an External USB drive to back it up, AND do Back it up regularly.

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