I purchased my Apple Powerbook 1400c 133MHz in May of 1998 for $1399.  I 
added 24M of RAM for $99, a USRobotics PC Card 56k X2 modem for $180, and 
a Kingston multiple platform 10 baseT ethernet PC card for $61.  I have 
purchase a SCSI docking adaptor and SCSI cable to operate the laptop as a 
hard drive when connected to an Apple Desk top unit.  This is an awesome 
feature of this powerbook series.  I am running system 8.6, which seems to 
do an excellent job of internet networking, but the startup time is much
worse than system 8.1.  The only thing that disappointed me about the laptop 
was the lack of a video output.  This must be purchased as an option, but comes 
standard with most PC laptops.  Oh well.  I have since found another 24M of RAM 
for $50 off ebay.
	
	Before I had the servers, I was experimenting with other programs to connect 
my computers:
The PC MacLAN program from Miramar Systems works great.  I was able 
to transfer files from the mac to the PC and vice versa.  The mac equivalent, 
DAVE 2.0 requires an existing network, or additional software from Apple to 
network only two machines.  Figures.

	Now that I have the two servers, things are a little less complicated.  All of 
my computers now access the internet through the WinNT server.  I have a 3Com Office 
Connect 8 port hub.  Access to the Novell Server is easy.  Getting the mac to access 
the WinNT server has been more difficult.  Running macintosh services on the WinNT 
server causes regular TCP/IP to have problems.  Also set up a printer on the NT server 
for TCP/IP printing, but when I print from the mac, I only get one page before the 
queue freezes up.

	My 450MHz desktop is now an integral part of my stereo system.  It is networked 
via CAT5 cable to the computer room.  The machine uses the 36" digital TV as its 
monitor.  The DVD software decoder needs a better video card.  Eventually I will 
purchase a program to control/catalog the discs in the 200 CD changer.  Pretty 
cool to have the PC sound through the stereo system.