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is one always better than two
zzgavin | Oct 27 2005
Like many people I've had a desktop work mac for years and owned a PowerBook in parallel, I do 80% of my work on the PowerBook and read work email on the desktop. Swapping data between machines, even with a usb thumbdrive is such a waste of time. The pain of multiple setups expresses itself in many ways, web history; email archives; and just personal files. I'm changing jobs soon and looking forward to getting a new powerbook, so having one machine for work and home, which will be bliss. I am thinking that this will be a boon for my productivity, but am I missing something? I know a desktop has better ergonomics. but is one always best ? thanks 5 Comments
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 zzgavin, Let me add that the...Submitted by Tinjaw on October 27, 2005 - 3:07pm.
zzgavin, Let me add that the things I need to synchronize I handle in various ways. (I work in a government office on government computers during the day and my home computer at night.) Anything that comes via the 'Net stays on the net. That means my email, bookmarks, etc. are all online. For example I use linkaGoGo for my bookmarks. I use GoDaddy's Online File Folder for my online files. I also have a CryptoStick thumbdrive that allows me to run MS IE off of the thumbdrive so all favorites, temp files, cookies, etc are on my thrumbdrive. I also run Portable Firefox with an [url=http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/booksync">extension to sync my bookmarks via FTP every startup and shutdown of Firefox. I even have a thumbdrive with my source code files on using subversion. I check them out to my work computers, check them back in when I leave, and then check them out again on my home computers. With this sytem I can use any Windows computer with an internet connection (keeping in mind keyloggers). » POSTED IN:
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