Re: NadaNet 3.1 Released

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Greg Buchner wrote:
> In article <B7ednb2Zkd0y7pTRnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>  "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Greg Buchner wrote:
> >
> > > In article <z6SdnahtQ5M-X5rRnZ2dnUVZ_h-dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> > > "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Nice.  As someone once said, "Hell is having more than one computer."
> > > > ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Why? I don't understand that. I have 5 Macs (all running OS X most of 
> > > the time) in my apartment that I use for different tasks. It's no 
> > > problem keeping them all going. 
> >
> > The problem is not just keeping N computers running properly, it's
> > keeping each user's computers "synced" for email, news, downloads,
> > etc.
>
>
> Ah, I don't do that. I leave each computer to it's individual task.

That decouples them sufficiently that keeping them working
is the only real problem.

In my case, two desktop/laptop pairs of computers are identical
twins, in the sense that the laptops do the function of the desktops
when we are travelling.

I can see why some people choose to dispense with their desktops
entirely, and just use a docking setup with their laptops, but
that has so far been unsatisfactory for us (even if keeping them
in sync is "hell").

> > It seems like this problem would be common enough that there would
> > be good, easy-to-use tools for dealing with it, but with the many
> > different readers and file sorting disciplines, I haven't found one.
>
>
> Well, a friend keeps his email and bookmarks on his MacBook Pro and iMac 
> synced via MobilMe and hasn't had any complaints about it.  I know it 
> could keep at least some data organized as well, but I've never looked 
> into that.

There are special solutions for particular mail setups, etc., but no
sufficiently general solution.  Someone once proposed using a migration
tool at the beginning and end of each trip, but that seemed ludicrous.

-michael

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