[iBook] The great Windows - Mac migration

[Scott Warren]

> There are a number of ways to do this. It rather depends on how much 
> data
> you are dealing with. USB isn't how you want to do it.
>
> 1) flash drive - you can pick them up pretty darn cheap. Hey, get an 
> iPod
> Shuffle and you not only get a flash drive but a music player too! :-)
>
> 2) .Mac account. Many don't realize you can log on with a Windows 
> machine as
> well as the Mac.
>
> 3) Ethernet file sharing
>
> David

   4) Burn a CD

   5) External Hard drive

   6) FTP it up to your website (most dialup/dsl accounts come with a 
small amount of web space) then back down

   7) Turn on FTP in System Preferences\Network on the MAC and FTP from 
the PC into the Mac (this is my fav way at home)

   8) Apple Remote Desktop and Windows VNC Server  (I have RealVNC[0$] 
and ARD[299$] talking)

   9)  I did see a USB2USB cable at the store boast it can do Apple & 
Windows but have not tried it.

   10) Zip the data and email it.

- SW

On Jan 12, 2005, at 7:30 PM, david wrote:

> On 1/12/05 7:53 PM, "Jean-Paul Thuot" <fearsome.orange at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Well, I finally convinced my wife that Mac was the way to go.  I snuck
>> out of work early the other day and bought her a 1Ghz iBook and loaded
>> up the RAM.  I took it home, and she was thrilled.
>>
>> However, three days later she's still tapping away on her old Windows
>> notebook.  Why?  "All my stuff is on this one!"
>>
>> Fair enough.  I could just share out the Windows machine over the
>> network and pull all her documents and whatnot over, but I'm wondering
>> if there's a faster way.  Can I plug a USB cable into the two of them
>> and do it that way?  Any suggestions as to how best to do this?  I
>> would love to hear from people who have made the migration, and
>> anything they learned in the process that would help make my wife's
>> landing as soft as possible.
>>
>
>
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