mac advice

[Tramspotter]

As long as it's an fairly open share on the Windows side a samba (SMB) server link. You could also make a fairly easy NFS mount.

Under Finder select "GO" and "Connect to server"

To make it permanant drop it in your user startup items in the form of a basic applescript and that should do the trick.

And Don't listen to those so called genius's they have most certainly been drinking behind that bar!