stevo_ said:
Ray7 said:
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You've gotta be kidding.. networking macs is a nightmare. Not that windows is much better but at least sometimes windows decides to work perfectly.

Plus, I think a lot of recent mac buys are probably dual boots.. I've ever heard a lot of people buying macs just to run windows on them, just because the new imac looked a better than the average dell crap.
Mac OSX 10.5 is easy to network.   Install OS... Open Finder...browse Computers...find share... ...Click Connect AS button...log into share and open files.

For XP, install OS... Put the My Network Places icon on the desktop(Right Click on desktop, select Properties, click the Desktop Tab, click on the Customize desktop button, put a check in My Network Places and click OK)... Double Click on My Network Places...click on Entire Network...click on Microsoft Windows Network...Click on any workgroup...browse computers in workgroup...find share and log on... ok... type the computer name/username... ok.. it puts my computername as default so I have to erase my computername and put the remote computername/username ... ok.. I type the password correct... its <computername/username> <password>... dang... once more <computername/username>  ...come on... again...<computername/username>  <password>.... forget this... run network setup wizard on my computer and the remote computer... log into share and open files.

For Vista....where the @#$%# is the properties for the desktop?  Right Click on the desktop and select Personalize and look for Desktop tab... Not there?.... Or wait Change Desktop Icons sounds good... click that link...Ah... desktop Icon Setttings window.. this looks familar.  I guess put a check mark next to Network since my network places can't be found. Click OK.  Click on Network icon ... where the @#$%$# are my XP boxes?    What's this heading Network and Sharing Center... ok.. let's try that.  Ok... I see a private network but it's not my workgroup.  I'll click Customize next to it and change it to my workgroup.  Change it to my workgroup and click Next.. .then close.  Hmmm what are these settings.. Discovery etc?  Well let me try without changing settings.  Dang... no XP boxes in Network browsing.  Ok.. back to Network and Sharing Center.  Enable Discovery... check Network...YEA...found the XP boxes.  Same difficulty in logging in shares as above... ok need to use network setup wizard in the control panel.   Open control panel...Hmmm it points me back to Network and Sharing Center.  Ok... try to find network setup... click on View computers and devices.. .oops that the Network Icon...click on Connect to a Network...oops.. that's VPN or Dialup... Click on Setup a connection or network oops... that's setting up dialup or VPN...click on Manage Network Connections..Come on.. that's Network Connections from XP... Diagnose and Repair?  Identifying the problem pops up and finds NOTHING.  Ok.. On XP... I can get to the Change Name to set workgroup from the System control panel... so let's go there.  Ah...No tabs but a few familar links like device manager and remote settings.  Can't be system protection so let's select Advance System Settings.  BINGO  a Computer name tab... Now we are getting somewhere.  Click CHANGE button and set my workgroup.   Click ok and REBOOT.  Click on Network and browse the shares on my XP Boxes...whew!!! that wasn't intuitive at all.

so... between the three OSes... Apple OSX is far easier to browse and log into shares (even from windows OSes)  from the VERY FIRST boot.