Finding another computer on the network

I just got my very first mac 2 days ago, it's a mac book pro 15 inch and I wanna know how to find my PC over the network with OS X 10.6 snow leopard?? i'm not familiar with OS X very well soooo help me lol

[This read will help you get going|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549]. Read the Mac to Mac part first. Eventually, you will get to the Mac to PC part.
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