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09/01/2005 10:27:00 PM · #1 |
I cuurently use a PC and have for several years, mostly because it's what we use at work and what I'm familiar with. I have used Macs before, but not to a significant degree since I had a Performa way back in the day.
Anyway, I have a P-III that I currently use for just about everything. My dad, a long time Mac user is upgrading from a G4 to a G5 and has offered me his G4. I'd like to use it in addition to my PC, possibly as a dedicated photo editing machine, but I'm a little concerned about making the two play together nicely.
I don't want to start another Mac vs PC debate, because there's no point to that. My question is: How feasible is it to get these two machines to work together? What things can I expect to not work well? What's the best way to hook them up? I want to share an internet connection as well.
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09/01/2005 10:42:12 PM · #2 |
If it's running a version of OS X, it will work just fine.
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09/01/2005 10:47:18 PM · #3 |
get a router, use one as the base connection machine, make sure sharing is on, and you are set. i've used both for over 10 years.
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09/01/2005 10:52:55 PM · #4 |
| If you want them to see each others hard drives, you need to turn on file sharing on both of them and then use the network browser on each to find the other and mount their respective hard drives. Of course they have to be connected, either physically (via Ethernet) or wireless. |
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09/01/2005 10:59:42 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by magnus:
If you want them to see each others hard drives, you need to turn on file sharing on both of them and then use the network browser on each to find the other and mount their respective hard drives. Of course they have to be connected, either physically (via Ethernet) or wireless. |
It's been my experience that the Mac will see and read the PC hard drives, but the PC won't be able to read the HDs on the Mac.
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09/01/2005 11:08:16 PM · #6 |
from what was posted before they will work fine together on a network, I have both in my house and they work fine. Also my pc can see my mac hard drive just fine or my mac can see my pc. No problems at all.
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09/02/2005 02:13:16 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by digitalpins:
from what was posted before they will work fine together on a network, I have both in my house and they work fine. Also my pc can see my mac hard drive just fine or my mac can see my pc. No problems at all. |
Can the PC access and import files from the Mac HD?
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09/02/2005 02:33:07 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by digitalpins:
from what was posted before they will work fine together on a network, I have both in my house and they work fine. Also my pc can see my mac hard drive just fine or my mac can see my pc. No problems at all. |
Can the PC access and import files from the Mac HD? |
If you have the software, and the files have been given filename extensions so the PC will know what application to use, as in filename.psd for a Photoshop file.
If the Mac is running OS 9.x then the PC probably won't see the Mac disk -- it takes server software to do that, and I think it's built into OS X but a separate (expensive) program in OS 9.
An alternative which bypasses almost all of these problems is to buy a two-platform license for Timbuktu from Netopia.com -- not only can you exchange files with impunity, you can sit at one machine and control the other (a la Remote Desktop) and -- if you're security-savvy -- be able to access those machines remotely over the internet. It's a little pricy (I think about $179 for the two machines), but way easier (for me) than setting networking settings on a Windows machine. I've been using it in both home-network settings and to telecommute for almost fifteen years. Did I mention the great tech support? I think they have a one-month demo available ... check it out.
Another solution is buy a FireWire drive (should be under $200 for a quality drive around 200 GB) and leave it formatted in the FAT 32 format. You will be limited to something like 2 or 4 GB for any individual file -- only relevant for video or archive files (or a DVD image file) -- but otherwise it can be read on both Macs and PCs running Windows 98 or later. Just unmount it from one machine and plug into the other to "move" files far faster than over any network. You can probably back up both machines completely to one disk and have room left over.
Message edited by author 2005-09-02 02:33:46. |
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09/02/2005 10:50:36 AM · #9 |
Thanks for the help everyone!
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09/02/2005 10:56:08 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Thanks for the help everyone! |
: )
Let us know the results! |
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09/02/2005 06:11:01 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Thanks for the help everyone! |
: )
Let us know the results! |
I will, be they good, bad, ugly or otherwise.
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