Need clarity on FAT vs NTFS

I've looked through here, in the manual and Apple's KB article, but nothing seems to address my question. I'm trying to keep this post as concise as possible.
I have 2 MBPs to set up and trying to figure out the best route to go. When working on-site, I need both to be in PC/Boot Camp mode running XP2 and they will be used for PowerPoint 2003 & CS3 Photoshop. When not working, I will run one in OS X and use Parallels for any occasional PC use on that particular Mac.
So....if the Windows side is NTFS, and I downloaded a file in Mail on the Mac side, do I understand correctly that I will not be able to move or copy the file to the Windows side, even though I can do that now (from Tiger) over a network to an NTFS drive? Is this an OS limitation within the Mac & Leopard?
Under normal circumstances working at home, I would be using one MBP in Mac mode, and the other in PC mode. Would I still be able to copy files over the network to the Mac in PC mode if it were NTFS?
32G doesn't seem like much on the Windows side, especially since my current PC is using 30.5 GB out of 52 GB right now. I was hoping to use at least 70 GB. It sounds as if I go the NTFS route, I just won't be able to copy files to the PC side when running Parallels.
Thank you!

I'm speaking strictly for local drives (internal, USB, memory stick, etc), to include bootcamp partitions. (when you are booted to OSX, the bootcamp partition will appear on the desktop as a normal HD. If it is NTFS, it has a padlock on it) You can open the drive and copy from it.
read/write to a network drive is a different process; different rules apply.
As long as your network account has correct permission to the share (on the NTFS drive) you can write to it.
I wouldn't call it a limitation, just a different set of standards used by Apple and MS. Each standard has it good and bad points.

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hi
i m new in solaris
is it possible to access my windows file system in solaris.
file systems are FAT and NTFS.
regards

You should be able to mount FAT filesystems as type pcfs.
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Did Apple forget to put a "0" in the center as in the exposure and contrast buttons? Seems to me that when it is set to .5 pictures then compare with those in photoshop for clarity. Will apple fix this soon?
Cnd-Tom

With sharpness. No, not unless the photographer messed up and I do have a bunch of those. But if the original is sharp, it looks sharp and prints sharp.
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Hi All.
Another request to understand the datastore optiono n BOXI 3.1 BODS existing installation.
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Edited by: Indumathy Narayanan on Jul 19, 2011 4:14 PM

Indeed, BODS <> SAP connectivity can be tricky.
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AS2 Sender Adapter -- Need clarity.. Very Very Urgent...!!!

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TP: HTTP
MP: AS2
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>>>>1. We need to provide the below URl and Port to the partner to receive the messages?? HTTP://<your-xi-server>:50000/SeeburgerAS2/AS2Server
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http://www.seeburger.it/fileadmin/it/pdf/2005_04_sapphire_Ferrero_transcript.pdf
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http://www.sap.com/france/company/events/2006/02-01-Automotive-Seeburger.pdf
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http://www.seeburger.com
http://www.seeburger.it/fileadmin/it/pdf/2005_04_sapphire_Ferrero_transcript.pdf
http://www.seeburger.com/fileadmin/com/pdf/Butler_Group_SEEBURGER_Technology_Audit.pdf
http://www.sap.com/france/company/events/2006/02-01-Automotive-Seeburger.pdf
http://h41123.www4.hp.com/presentations/ISUG/XISeeBurger.ppt
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when i bougth my time caps. i was able to partition it to a fat32
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It is not possible to partition a Time Capsule.
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Hi,
I just wanna know whether i'm properly understandin ARP or not.
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Then how are packets on a ethernet routed?
Every network card has got a MAC address. This address is global unique and is burnt in to the card BIA (burned in address). In ethernet every packet has got a source-mac and a destination-mac. The switches, (purely layer 2) don't look at the IP addresses, they only use the MAC-adresses to find the right destination for a packet - normally based on some sort of table (CAM table).
The MAC-adresses are only used to find the destinations for packets in a local network MAC is on Layer 2 in the ISO/OSI Model, IP is on Layer 3
So why do we need ARP?
Let's assume that you have got two computers, 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 that are connected to a switch. 10.0.0.1 wants to send a packet to 10.0.0.2.
I've explained that ethernet only uses MAC adresses. So 10.0.0.1 has got to stick the MAC address of 10.0.0.2 in front of the IP packet so that it can be sent into the network - how will it get there in the first place?
But 10.0.0.1 does not know that address right? ARP comes to the rescue. 10.0.0.1 sends an ARP packet into the network that asks every computer "have you got the address 10.0.0.1? If you have please send your mac address to me, my MAC-address is xxxxx". This packet is broadcast to the whole network and does not need an destination MAC.
10.0.0.2 now answers and sends it's own MAC-address to 10.0.0.1 who in turn can stick the MAC address of 10.0.0.2 in front of the IP packet which now can be sent to the network.
Try using a packet capturing tool to see this arp process.
Take a look below
A host 10.1.1.1 is trying to see where its default gateway is which is 10.1.1.254. It doesn't know the mac address. What does it do?
1) From the host which is 10.1.1.1 - the arp destination is broadcast, asking who has 10.1.1.254 - tell me, I am 10.1.1.1
1a) At this point the destination is unknown, what would a switch do if its destination is broadcast? If the switch had the MAC address in its CAM table it would have forwarded direcly to the correct port, if it does not, then it will forward out of every forwarding interface in the layer 2 domain.
2) Note that the Mac address is the source of this frame, this is how the gateway learns of the hosts mac address too
3) Next the gateway responds saying 10.1.1.254 is at (MAC address) directly to host.
With layer 3 its different, application/protocols - it may be intended or not, to send to all hosts in the network for various reasons. Example of this being used would be DHCP.
As seen below:
Hope this helps.
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