New computer - Mac or PC? Desktop or Laptop?

[joshread]

And all I have to do to fit it is unscrew the back of the laptop, remove the current RAM and put that in its place? The OS will automatically run off of it?

 

[sn00p]

Should do, my powerbook I just undid a couple of screws and took out the old memory and whacked in the new stuff, job done.

Reboot and it all works lovely!

 

[joshread]

I'll order it now then Thanks b00st

 

[Tom]

As Tom said, buy a cable. HDMI is DVI with sound, seeing as they both plug into the back of the Mini it's a non-issue.

Yup mini has optical out too.

 

[joshread]

Need a bit of help...I've just gone to transfer files (music, photos etc) from my old PC to new MacBook. Both connect to my home wireless network, but not to each other. So I tried connecting them up with an ethernet cable but the MacBook doesnt want to connect to the PC. I had a quick look through the network settings on both, the firewall on my PC is off and I cant see anything on the mac that would stop them connecting? Anything I'm missing?

 

[cava83]

Connect it to the router and not directly to the PC, i.e both PC and Mac have a cable each going to the router.



Then you should be all ready to go

 

[joshread]

I cant connect the computer to the router as its upstairs and the router is downstairs?

 

[cava83]

ok,

Can you ping either of the machines?

Also, make sure windows file sharing is enabled on the mac

(apologies for the late reply)

 

[joshread]

I checked file sharing is enabled..looked all fine to me.

I've decided just to wack everything onto an external hard drive I found at home, then when all the files have transferred onto the hard drive I'm going to plug it into the Mac and stick them on that way.

I would have done this in the first place but I didnt know we had an external hard drive at home.

Parents eh..couldnt live without them!

 

[cava83]

Ah, good stuff

That's going to assist with your needs,

You might need to find out how to get this working as you might want file sharing later on down the line !

Gosh, wish I still lived at home, maybe.

 

[joshread]

Yeah I'm going to try and sort it out after everything is transfered and sorted. Thanks anyway

 

[iain187]

connect both computers to your network wirelessly.

if it still doesnt work i will make a bet that your old pc is on vista? if so make sure your network is a private network as i think that is what most commonly buggers up filesharing.