Mac / PC Compatibility

> In article <624eb01c.0406161722.6b183956@posting.google.com >,
> tbasc@bellsouth.net (Tom Baker) wrote:
>

> > Daughter wants a new Mac lap top.
> > One concern is file sharing with Windows machines.
> > Seems she had that problem with her last Mac.
> > Where do you suggest she look for background?
> >
> > TB

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> Point her to MacWindows.com.
>
> And since I do not have any Windows machines here to network to, I don't
> have any first hand experience for you. But if her earlier laptop was
> an older OS than 10, then she will find networking with Windows a whole
> lot different that what she remembers.

> Daughter wants a new Mac lap top.
> One concern is file sharing with Windows machines.
> Seems she had that problem with her last Mac.
> Where do you suggest she look for background?

> tbasc@bellsouth.net (Tom Baker) wrote in news:624eb01c.0406161722.6b183956
> @posting.google.com:
>

> > Daughter wants a new Mac lap top.
> > One concern is file sharing with Windows machines.
> > Seems she had that problem with her last Mac.
> > Where do you suggest she look for background?

>
> Which will be the server?
> I regularly mount windows shares onto the Mac 10.2
> 10.3 is even better - I gather
>
> What version of windows are you running - if Win2K or XP then there should
> be no problem.

> She's doing consulting and - as I understand it - will be visiting a
> number of different organizations. Does this help define her concerns?

> tbasc@bellsouth.net (Tom Baker) wrote in
> news:624eb01c.0406170339.2ea1bbcc@posting.google.c om:

> > She's doing consulting and - as I understand it - will be visiting a
> > number of different organizations. Does this help define her concerns?

>
> In that case I guess the file sharing will be the other way round - i.e.
> allowing other machines to access her folders on the mac.
>
> Of the times I've tried it - it works fine.