I have a windows xp pro desktop machine and before buying my Powerbook 17" I visited about fifty sites that were giving me step-by-step instructions on how to connect your Mac to Windows.
After I bought my Powerbook I did not need ONE of them.
I connected the powerbook with my Win desktop machine (via a crosscable), which was logged in to the internet. I opened Safari on my Mac, typed
www.apple.com and the site was there!!!!
I could not believe my eyes when the internet page loaded. Thinking that this luck would in no way be repeated, I tried to access my windows network files. I went to the finder, clicked on network and to my surprise the neighbourhood MSHOME was listed, in which I could access my winxp machine. Being carried away by the fact that this whole process took less than two minutes, I went ahead to see if I could use my shared printers that were plugged to my winxp machiine.
Went to System preferences -> Print & Fax -> Printer List -> Add
It found both of my installed printers (Canon & Lexmark) instantly. I printed a test page and it came out fine. No drivers installed, no hassles.
I think Apple just cannot afford to make these processes troublesome and quirky because of their switch campaign, therefore they FULLY live up to their philosophy: Apple. It just works.
just my 0.02 $
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