Mohamed,
One thing would help for you to understand. If you use Brother and Paperport you are all set. But, you still will need to configure it properly to receive faxes to PC. Which, I believe is what Leslie is going to help you with.
Bad analogy, but here goes. Say you have never driven a car. You buy a car anyway. You KNOW it can go forward. But, you still have to learn.
So, say you buy a fax server (complex for now) or Muratec or Xerox or Dell (and you look in the specs and it says specifically capable of PC to Fax and Fax to PC, then you know it can do that. So, you buy it. Then, you have to set it up using some settings so that it receives faxes and sends them to a certain shared folder.
I think in a way, you are putting the cart before the horse. Somewhat like How do I email before you have Outlook, Eudora and the Internet.
Yes, if you have a modem, you can use WinFax or Snappy Fax, etc. Google Snappy Fax.
But, I think it would be more helpful if you gave more details of what you are trying to do, e.g.
I have five computers (some XP Home others not). I want to be able to print, copy, scan and fax. I want one machine to do this. Which ones would you recommend and why. And, oh, I would like to SCAN and fax to my PC. I have about $1200 to spend or I could lease.
Now, we are talking about Brother MFP (within budget) or Muratec (a bit out of budget). Both can do what you need. Both can scan to PC. Brother can fax to PC but mainly in TIFF, which can be converted to PDF if you wish very quickly with Paperport.
This really helps us help you. Just asking how do I fax to my computer is too broad.
