Looking to Switch from Dell Laptop to MacBook Pro

I currently use a Dell Laptop at home for personal and work. I have to use outlook, excel and word alot. I also have to use the internet. If I go with the MacBook Pro which one do you recommend? If I don't have a wireless router can I use me aircard?

The Openreach engineer may/will just bypass the xNTE and fit a new master socket. He should fit this where you want. It may be possible to turn one of your phone sockets into the new master socket. Obviously you will need to discuss the best options with the engineer.
If the modem can not be installed in the extension room and you are prepared to run Ethernet cable outside using CAT6 you will not get any drop in speed up to 100 meters so you could have your Homehub router in your ground floor extension. This would be a better option than powerline adaptors, which as you have found do loose speed.
If you have to use Powerline adaptors then make sure they are at least the 500Mbps ones and preferably 1Gbps one.

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