Networking a Mac with a Windows XP PC.... need help

[ScottCGI]

I need some help. My boss has a Mac at home... not sure on the OS but I'll know shortly. He wants to buy a new PC and network them together and have them share files and a printer. I know absolutely nothing about Macs... never used them at home or work. I will probably suggest to him that he buy a windows xp machine but then I have to figure how to network it with the Mac. I have seen there is software available to allow this but I also read somewhere else that additional software may not be needed??? Am I better off just having him buy another Mac instead? I'm leery of doing that because I'm so unfamiliar with them and he'll want to know how to network them together. I think he wants to try to do this himself so he wants a setup that is as easy as possible of course. Which way would be the easier way to go?

Scott

 

[jimoblak]

The easiest way to go is if he has Mac OSX at home. Check out apple.com...

http://search.info.apple.com/?search=Go&lr=lang_en&kword=&q=windows sharing

If it is OS9 or earlier, you will need something like Dave (Mac application) or PCMacLAN (Windows application) for one computer to see the other.

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