How do you manage your work on two computers?

[Ballatician]

Trying to figure out a good system since I now have a laptop.

Most of my work when at home is still done on the desktop but I'd like to have current files on the laptop when I'm on the go.

Is a cloud-based solution all I have?

 

[tatteredpotato]

What is the "work". Documents?

 

[htwingnut]

Dropbox or set up a Windows Home Server.

 

[DingDingDao]

Second Dropbox.

 

[WildHorse]

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[D1gger]

Windows Live Mesh (Sync). You can have 5GB of synchronized files that are automatically updated in both locations. It also allows you to remotely sign-on to any PC that you setup. I have been using it for a couple of months and really like it. The file syncing even works if you have a Mac.

 

[GeekDrew]

For years, I sync'd by using a flash drive with a TrueCrypt volume on it, and I use scripts to keep the appropriate files/locations up to do. It wasn't much of a bother, for data.

Since then, I've realized that it's a *huge* pain in the ass for me to keep multiple PCs up-to-date and completely alike with applications, preferences, etc - it slows me down when I have to think about the differences between PCs. So I have a laptop, and I use it everywhere (work, home, everywhere). When I want to use it like a desktop, I have a dock that I drop it in, and it's magically much like a desktop.

 

[WildHorse]

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[rh71]

just started doing dropbox a couple weeks ago... best option ever.

 

[RavenSEAL]

not an Ethernet cable running from one to another...

 

[GhettoFob]

Definitely Dropbox.

 

[Evadman]

I use a file server to host any data. Before I use my laptop, I copy whatever I need over.

 

[Fritzo]

Trying to figure out a good system since I now have a laptop.

Most of my work when at home is still done on the desktop but I'd like to have current files on the laptop when I'm on the go.

Is a cloud-based solution all I have?

Yes. In fact it's the whole purpose of it.

 

[nerp]

WHS. My computers/laptops are really just terminals.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

http://sync.live.com

Edit - oh what the fuck Microsoft?

Windows Live Mesh 2011 is replacing Windows Live Sync, and new users can’t download Sync anymore. In early 2011, this website will be shut down and your files will stop syncing. Learn more about Windows Live Mesh 2011 and how to upgrade.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Also I run my own Subversion repositories for my personal projects, as I don't trust automatic sync frameworks to manage this stuff.