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In practice nearly all WiFi in London is on channels 1-11 because there are enough tourists who would otherwise complain. Some personal WiFi is on 13 because i

In practice nearly all WiFi in London is on channels 1-11 because there are enough tourists who would otherwise complain. Some personal WiFi is on 13 because it buys you two-channel separation for free. (13 and 11 still conflict, but not as badly as 11/12 or 11/11.) I feel your pain though. Apple are horrific about regional settings. Mine Macbook is a US model so it's missing 12/13 and there is no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1. Next time I'm going to buy a Thinkpad.

barrkel 16y ago
Be aware that region free DVD drives don't work with Windows 7 - at least, they don't play DVD movies, but they do work with data DVDs - unless you're using VLC. Some drives have firmwares available which tell the OS that they only support a single region - the region that's on the DVD, which resets upon every disc entry. A bit of a PITA, since region locking isn't really a copy protection mechanism; DVDShrink or similar still work.
petercooper 16y ago
Mine Macbook is a US model so it's missing 12/13 and there is no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1. Can't speak for the MacBook, but all of the Macs I've owned can change region 5(?) times before being permanently locked. Just pointing it out in case you haven't even tried, though I'm assuming you've probably used up the 5 or there's some other factor.
ableal 16y ago
> no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1 Can't it be changed 5 times ? I seem to remember seeing that when I first popped a DVD into the MacBook, and was asked to set region. A DVD which, incidentally, I was going to use RipIt on (http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ - I'm pleased with it, might work for you). Keeping up with the silly tricks to annoy honest buyers seems to require buying commercial apps. Fine, I'll just buy one less DVD to pay for the app ... (P.S. Another "smart" idea is small-kid's games that cost 10 bucks, in copy-protected-play-in-drive-CDs, to fend off those well known penniless pirates and thieves, the parents-of-small-kids. The first I bought was the last - I wanted to use the ISO in an old laptop with a bad drive ...)

barrkel 16y ago

Be aware that region free DVD drives don't work with Windows 7 - at least, they don't play DVD movies, but they do work with data DVDs - unless you're using VLC. Some drives have firmwares available which tell the OS that they only support a single region - the region that's on the DVD, which resets upon every disc entry. A bit of a PITA, since region locking isn't really a copy protection mechanism; DVDShrink or similar still work.

petercooper 16y ago

Mine Macbook is a US model so it's missing 12/13 and there is no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1. Can't speak for the MacBook, but all of the Macs I've owned can change region 5(?) times before being permanently locked. Just pointing it out in case you haven't even tried, though I'm assuming you've probably used up the 5 or there's some other factor.

ableal 16y ago

> no region crack for the DVD drive so it's permanently stuck on region 1 Can't it be changed 5 times ? I seem to remember seeing that when I first popped a DVD into the MacBook, and was asked to set region. A DVD which, incidentally, I was going to use RipIt on (http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ http://thelittleappfactory.com/ripit/ - I'm pleased with it, might work for you). Keeping up with the silly tricks to annoy honest buyers seems to require buying commercial apps. Fine, I'll just buy one less DVD to pay for the app ... (P.S. Another "smart" idea is small-kid's games that cost 10 bucks, in copy-protected-play-in-drive-CDs, to fend off those well known penniless pirates and thieves, the parents-of-small-kids. The first I bought was the last - I wanted to use the ISO in an old laptop with a bad drive ...)