http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/ Engadget Comments for Belkin Easy Transfer Cable helps you share between XP, Vista machines http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Apr 16th 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Apr 29th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
If you recall, the winner in 2006 was the XtremeMac iPod Audio Splitter (http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/04/wanna-share-your-sounds-ipod-splitter/).]]>Jan 8th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
For a lot of people this will be very much worth it... for me, I'm not sure, I'm relatively proficient at networking and usually get by... but who knows, maybe one of these days I'll feel the need for one of these.]]>Jan 8th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
You can get usb cables with just the pc connector at both ends and no electronics in the middle, but if you plug two pcs together with one of these you will most likely damage the usb ports.]]>Jan 8th 2007 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
Belkin USB Transfer Cable:
Data Volume: 5.03 GB
Setup Time: 3:00 (first time)
Transfer Time: 13:30
Total Time: 16:30

Third Party USB Cable:
Data Volume: 5.03 GB
Setup Time: 30 Seconds
Transfer Time: 12:22
Total Time: 12:52

And yes the Third Party cable is faster but they were unable to obtain licensing from Microsoft for it and will not be put into production.
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In any course of events - count me out. I'd rather buy couple of USB FE adapters.

Or crossover cable. Though last time I tried transfer over GE crossover link, both Windows machine basically hanged until transfer ended. That was record in our office moving 1GB of data - but we do not do it anymore, since apparently Windows XP cannot reliably sustain such rates (when data go directly to hard drive). Hope Vista pares better. (Transfers off and to Linux server go slower - but XP remains usable for all the time of transfer. What is definitely plus.)]]>Jan 8th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 28th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 28th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
I've seen couple of solutions like that before and only news for me here is the price: $40. Though I'd rather go with USB Ethernet - one such FE adapter costs $20. Slower but can be reused and is also guaranteed to work under other OSs.

P.S. To Iain: Firewire has it's own bunch of problems too. Though I personally prefer it (for data transfers) over USB too. Funnily enough, practically achievable peak data transfer rate of USB is higher than thous of Firewire: bus mastering takes its toll. CPU load with USB transfers is of course can (and often does) go into teens - compared to moderate wee numbers of FireWire. But, nobody counts CPU times anymore: raw speed / price == USB wins. Sad reality. (Bit like SCSI lost to (S)ATA: price is everything.)]]>Jan 8th 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
This cable is for the 95% complete and total technoobs that don't know what data is or where theirs is stored.

Not a bad idea for $40 if it works seamlessly and really does get all their important files.]]>Jan 8th 2007 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 8th 2007 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
But really it isn't all that important since many harddrives can't even transfer data over a few hundred m/bs, especially since you data is all fragmented...]]>Jan 8th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 28th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/
Slightly more than 30GB. However, I somewhat doubt that there will actually be 60MB of data being transfered per second. I think that's a very hopeful number...]]>Jan 8th 2007 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 10th 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 9th 2007 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Apr 7th 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jan 13th 2007 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Mar 27th 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/May 4th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/May 8th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Can it be used to transfer for window xp to xp?
Instead of vista to xp.
please help..]]>Jun 3rd 2007 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jun 26th 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/Jun 26th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/belkin-easy-transfer-cable-helps-you-share-between-xp-vista-mac/

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