connecting mac to windows laptop

[what..the?]

I have a mac at the moment, but have had a few issues over the years like some software isn't mac compatible and also it has no dvd rewriter so when I use the laptop with in integral imove/idvd I cannot then tranfer it to dvd ...so annoying.

I have purchased a usb drum fit for xmas for myself but it is windows compatible only and the sound from the drum kit is played through the pc speakers/sound card - will use headphones. I was thinking of getting some form of windows pc for home to expand a little. Due to the fact I rent a property I would quite like something small like a laptop.

But wondered if I was to get a windows dvd rewritable laptop running xp or vista can I connect it to the mac so I can burn my current home movies across, or would the laptops not talk to each other, I would probably be using idvd????

Any other advise about buying laptops at the moment would be good, Ideally I want to spend say �500 I see there is a new sony laptop for that price, is it any good. I plan to buy a hard drive camcorder as well which would be mac and windows compatible, any thoughts here! Sould I just buy an external dvd rewriter - I have failed to find one in 5yrs, which one??? Can I play the sound through a laptop the same as a pc, do they both have soundcards - don't understand what one is.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

[fo3nix]

The DVD problem you have is because you didn't get a computer with a DVD rewriter. It sounds like you suggest it's Apple's fault...

Buy a cheap external DVD rewriter, and then you can burn your iDVD stuff that way. �35 here:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127858

As for the drum kit, I don't know. But if it's relying on Windows-only software, then it's Windows-only.

[what..the?]

fo3nix sorry if I didn't explain myself properly but I know why I cannot burn dvd's, I just want to know how to do so now.

The external dvd rewriter you linked seems to be for windows operating systems only, not mac, but I might just be reading it wrong...

[fo3nix]

No, it's a DVD drive with USB connection so it'll work on Mac too (I assume you're running Mac OS X Panther (.3) or newer).

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