How do I connect a Mac and PC online without expensive air ports?
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Some ethernet cards have 2 ports: one for internet, and the other for INTRAnet.  This will save you from buying a Router.
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Download a mac compatible driver from their website, or contact them
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just go to the nearest computer store or Radio Shack and ask for crossover cable to connect to computers together, Thay'll know what you talkin about. You don't need to spend alot for a brand-name like Belkin. Also, it's are pretty easy to make it yourself.
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you can always use a router or you can buy a lan adapter. it's like a lan hub
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the cheapest way is to connect two computers directly together using a cable.  To do this you will needa Network Interface card (NIC) in both computers (most new computer come with them as standard but if not they are cheap).\n\nbuy a CAT5e (crossover) patch cable and plug each end into the computers NIC cards. If your using XP you can run the "set up a home or small office network". This wizard will do all the work for you.\n\nenable internet connection sharing on the computer that conects to the internet and bobs your mothers brother :-)
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To connect a pc directly to a pc you need a Crossover Network cable and also enable networking on both. \n\nElse, you'll have to use a router and set up LAN.
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If both machines have USB ports, transferring files with a jump drive is probably the best method. Jump drives are available for 20 bucks or less and are very useful.
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Yes you should be able to network between windows xp and a mac. \ni hope this link helps you get a start http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/19/mac_pc.html
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Do you have a wireless broadband?  If so, use this. If not, then not sure I can help you, I could set up two PC's wireless to each other with one of them having a hard wired modem, but to be honest for the cost of a wireless system it is so much easier.\nQuestion is, can you wirelessly link a Mac?
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You didn't indicate if your ISP is broadband cable or broadband DSL.  Mac OS X has built-in features that allow users to connect to a DSL Internet broadband service, using an assigned PPPoE login name and password for authentication. \n\n1.Click on the Apple Menu icon   on the Desktop menu bar.  \n2.Select System Preferences.\n3.In the System Preferences window, click on the Network icon.\n4.In the Network window, click on the selection arrows for the “Show” drop-down menu and choose Built-in Ethernet or Airport (depending on which connection method is being used).\n5.Click on the PPPoE tab.\n6.Check Connect using PPPoE.\n7.Click on the Apply Now button to save your changes.\n\nIf you have a router, this option should be unchecked, then configure the router for PPPoE.\n\nFor Cable broadband, the ISP normally gives you a software plus they may need to register your MAC Address (I believe its called an ethernet ID or address for mac OS).\n\n\nFor the second question... sorry, I'm not familiar with Mac OS settings when it comes to file sharing.\n\nOkay, knowing how frustrating this can be hope the following helps:\n\nThe Mac that will be doing the sharing:\n\n1.Choose System Preferences either from the Dock or from the Apple Menu. \n2. Select the "File Sharing" icon, under the "Internet and Network" catagory. \n3.Turn on File Sharing.\n\nThe Mac that will connect to the file sharing Mac\n\n1.In the Finder, select "Connect to Server..." from the Go menu. \n2.From the list that appears, navigate your way to your file sharing Mac's name, and click Connect.\n3.Enter your user name and password that you use when you log in normally on the Mac that is File Sharing. If the Mac your connecting to is running OS 9, then the user name and password will be the ones that you have set in the File Sharing Control Panel.\n4.The File Sharing Mac's hard drive icon will appear on your desktop. Congradulations, you're sharing! You can copy to or from your files on that Mac.\n5.Be sure you drag the icon of the File Shared Mac to the Trash (in the Dock) when you're done. This will log you off that computer.\n\nhttp://wcts.whitman.edu/whit.bits/october2002/MacintoshFileSharing/FileSharingOSX.html\n\n\nHere's another Article-\nhttp://helpdesk.wisc.edu/page.php?id=256\n\nAssign yourself a username and password\n\nIn order to allow you to access your files remotely, you will need to give yourself a username and password which will let you log in to your computer from another Macintosh. Open the File Sharing control panel (or Sharing Setup control panel on older versions of Mac OS), which is under Control Panels under the Apple menu. \n\nIn the Owner Name field, type the name that you would like to use as your username. If you wish, it can be the same as your e-mail username. Then, type a password of your choice into the Password field. This can also be the same as your e-mail password, but remember: no matter what you pick, be sure to keep your password secure. If someone knows your password, they could connect to your computer and access your files. In the Computer Name field (or Macintosh Name field on older versions of Mac OS), type in a name for your computer. It can be anything you like, but should be something that allows you to easily identify your own computer.\n\nOnce you have completed the above steps, click on the Start button in the File Sharing section of the window, directly below where you entered your username and password. You do not need to start Program Linking. \n\nCheck that your Macintosh is set up to use the network\n\nFile sharing uses a special communcation protocol called AppleTalk. This is different from the type of communication that occurs when you use the web or e-mail. Open the AppleTalk control panel, which is under Control Panels under the Apple () menu. Make sure Connect via is set to Ethernet. Your AppleTalk control panel should look something like this, thoug
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Dells are the cheapest.  Macs are limited because you can't take your files to other computers if need be.  You can create a file on a Dell and take it to a different pc to use it.\n\nI'd get the Dell, Dude.
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Cheapest: Buy a crossover cable and plug it into both PC's.\n\nBest: Buy a switch and two Cat5 cables. Connect each PC to the switch.
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It's hard to answer this question with so little information. Are the two computers currently connected in any way (Ethernet cable, router, wireless network)? Do you want them to share an Internet connection?\n\nPlease provide more information and I'll edit this answer to be more detailed. Thanks!\n\nEDIT: Thanks for the additional info. It sounds like the two computers are networked already, and you want to be able to share files between them. That's not difficult. To share folders on the Windows box so your Mac can see them, use the Sharing and Security tabs in the Properties dialog to control sharing settings. If you also want the Windows box to be able to see your Mac's files, then on your Mac, go to System Prefs | Sharing and turn on the "Windows file sharing" option.\n\nIn both cases, I strongly recommend that you set a password for your account before you do this. Otherwise, you run the risk of anyone connecting to your computer and reading your files.\n\nIf you need more help with this, feel free to contact me at marnen AT marnen DOT org.
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http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWK,RNWK:2005-50,RNWK:en&q=network+mac+with+pc\nstart here.
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Here is the link for support and the drivers needed for both Mac and PC. with the Lacie 160 GB external hard drives\n\nhttp://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/
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This can be done easily on an Apple Mac computer running OSX - do you have a Mac or a PC?
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a pc, mac is dumb lol, but a pc, is way better