Re: The Mac vs. Windows War is Over. And the Winner is...


<rpasken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Umm, I don't think the ability to do that is limited to Macs. I too can
grab a file off my wife's computer from mine and attach it to an e-mail.
No problem there at all. As for it being faster, I don't know what kind
of
adapter Macs use, by at 100 MB/sec, I don't know why you would need
anything faster than ethernet for most purposes. That's about as fast
as
the ATA 100 harddrives in most computers today (yes I know there are
faster
harddrives, as I have serial ATA 133).

George

Anything newer than the first generation G4's (at least 4 years old)
Mac's come with a gigabit ethernet interface standard. As for needing
anything faster think about the very common network attached storage
(NAS) devices that you can buy at BestBuy/CircuitCity. A 1 terabyte
(TB) NAS can be had at CircuitCity for $799. With a Mac this NAS
automatically shows up and transfer rates (measured by BONNIE) are the
same as a local SATA disk. With a standard 100BaseT almost any local
device outperforms the network.

But across the network, the speed is essentially the same. A network is no
faster than its weakest link. And how many people actually own a NAS
device. At that price, I don't think I'll be running out to buy one
anytime soon.

George


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