Why do you need a special Belkin Vista Transfer cable?

[Kimosabi2]

Why would anyone need a "Belkin Easy Transfer Cable costing $40.00" to transfer files from an XP machine to a Vista Machine? Can't you use a Local Area network conection?

Bob...

 

[smah]

Yes you can. The belkin cable just makes it easy for people without a LAN. The software is built into Vista and is point & click easy.

 

[linney]

If you don't have a LAN you can also use the cable to Synchronize files between two computers if your purchase the Laplink PCsync software (has a thirty day trial).

 

[Kimosabi2]

Can you use IP over 1394 network connection to transfer and sync files between XP and Vista?

Bob...

 

[linney]

Check these out.

http://www.google.com/search?q=IP+o...ft:&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=I...&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&sa=N&tab=wg

http://www.google.com/search?q=file...ft:&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

 

[Kimosabi2]

Good stuff linney, I think I'll try the 1394 Connector for file transfers and use SyncToy V1.4.

Bob...

 

[xwb]

Suppose you could pronounce Belkin as Blinking