>First of all I bought Vista for my MacBook because there is a specific >bookkeeping program for my business that is only made for Windows that I'd >like to use, because Netflix has a new on-line movie viewing option only >available for Windows and because I anticipate similar situations occurring >occasionally in the future.
If you just stick to using the bookkeeping program you have very little exposure. You will probably find the Netflix on-line movie viewing option to be so pathetic that it will not be an exposure for long. So the threat vanishes. >I don't have a router -- or rather I don't have a hardware router. My >iMac's internal AirPort card functions as a software router, using Apple's >Internet Sharing and Web Sharing. In other words I can get on line with my >laptop by wirelessly sharing the Internet connection from my desktop, which >is wired to the modem, sans extra hardware. >Am I correct in assuming Apple's internal firewall won't function when the >machine is running Windows? The laptop won't have Apple's firewall because you are not running OS X on it. The desktop will have Apple's firewall, but I don't think that firewall applies to a shared connection. If your desktop is providing NAT, then that if giving you basic firewall protection. This would suffice in most cases. Nevertheless, I would spend the $35 on a router or for a few dollars more get a WiFi router and simplify your network topology. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
