I like the idea of an external hard drive. It sounds like a smart idea to have around for back up. Is it just plug and play, or do I have to reconfigure my computer to recognize the new hard drive every time I plug it in?
The hub also easily allows the benefit of a shared Internet access with just one connection. Not too simple with a crossover cable. And rather than smart, I'd probably say efficient short term solution oriented traders.
Good point, except I have a bunch of computers, not just the two. It is possible to be rich and smart.
You can use one of your PCs as a router/firewall. It even does NAT or it can be a fully transparent proxy. You need Linux for the more fancy stuff of course. Or if you don't want to reboot every day.
whenever i get a new computer, i usually just take out the hard drive from the old computer and connect it to the new computer as a slave drive. then i either copy over the files i want to the new drive and put the old drive back in the old computer, or just leave both drives in the new computer.