'Get a Mac' ads contribute to Mac sales

macnn ^ | 02/05/2007

[william clark]

Thanks. That's the thread I remembered.

[FreedomGuru]

The ads were cute, but as with any ad, time to move on to something else.

[kerryusama04]

Can you network mac's and pc's? My work laptop is going to be Windows forever and it will need to be able to talk to the new machine. Then there's the 10G of media on our present personal Windows laptop. Can you drag that stuff from Windows to Mac?

Our personal machine is having seizures today and might be on the way out. Since Windows is changing OS's now anyhow, this would be a good time to change to Mac instead.

[HAL9000]

Can you drag that stuff from Windows to Mac?

Yes, there are a few ways to do that. You can activate file sharing on Windows, and connect from the Mac. Or you can activate file sharing on the Mac and connect from Windows. Then you can drag files to copy them across the network from one machine to the other, or access the files over the network.

[kerryusama04]

Do Mac's operate over routers just like pc's? I'm sorry to bug you, but I want to make the switch pretty badly and don't want to end up at a dead end with a shiny new MacBook and my data stuck on the pc.

[HAL9000]

Do Mac's operate over routers just like pc's?

Yes, all Macs have built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigibit Ethernet connectors that should work on any router. Most Macs also include built-in AirPort WiFi for wireless connections.