Transferring files with firewire connections

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"Videot" wrote ...
> We recently purchased a new laptop & I have only just
> noticed that it has a firewire port. Since the PC also has
> firewire I was wondering it it's possible to transfer video
> files or other types of files from one machine to the other.
> If so would this work in both directions.

Maybe (depending on whether the operating systems on each
machine support it). You didn't mention whether the laptop
is a PC or Mac, and assuming the "PC" is actually a PC, but
dunno what operating system.

OTOH, far more likely that it would be both easier and cheaper
to use conventional network connection. You can use a "crossover"
cable (available for < 5 USD) to directly interconnect the two
network ports if you don't otherwise have a network.