Can we host a web site on personal computer.....?

I have a Mac. and i want to host my business web site on this. can i do that? and if how?? instead of spending lots of money to host the web site. or if not Mac is there any way for windows xp to do this thing??

Can we host a web site on personal computer.....?

You can, for an MS box all you really need is a webserver and a Static IP address. A stripped version of IIS (MS%26#039;s Webserver does come with XP.. But you can only run one site at a time. But there%26#039;s TONS of Free webservers out there for Windows. Just Google %26#039; Windows Webserver%26#039;

As for the static IP address; If you are on dial-up forget it. you%26#039;re site will be so slow no one will come back. If you are on Broadband then talk to you carrier about static IP addresses and how much they are.

For a MAC box, I%26#039;m not 100% sure. I know you%26#039;ll still need a static IP address and a web server, Apache (which can work on windows also) I believe will work on the MAC.

Can we host a web site on personal computer.....?

It is perfectly possible to host a website from your personal pc, but you wont want to use it at the same time. People who want to see your site have to access your computer, Mega-Slow-Down. I am working on my own business site, if you want to host your own its best to get a server-style computer and a really fast internet connection. Doing it from your home pc wont be worth the trouble.