I recently bought a new laptop and needed a simple solution for syncing between my office pc and the new laptop.  I looked around a bit using the ol’ Google and came up with a lot of crap.  Seriously, there are a ton of syncing applications out there but none compare to the two products I am about to mention.

The first one is called Dropbox.  It’s a very simple product to use and it allows you to sync up to 2 gigs of data.  It actually acts as a middle ground for storing files which is kind of cool but wasn’t exactly what I was looking for.  With Dropbox, you install a little program that runs on your computer and you can share files with anyone else that has a Dropbox account just by entering their email address and sending them an invite to share a folder.  It’s a pretty cool concept for groups working on projects and I highly recommend you check it out but seeing as how it stores the files for you and you’re limited on storage, it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for.  I wanted something to simply sync the files on both computers without any storage.  http://www.getdropbox.com

The next little app I found was the perfect fit for what I wanted.  Windows Live Sync.  Yes, it’s a Microsoft product, but it works like a champ.  It allows me to add my two computers under my account and setup folders on each computer to sync whenever there is an active Internet connection.   It also has a remote desktop application that is quite nice … not as cool as LogMeIn but it gets the job done.  Live Sync works really fast and is syncing files within 2 seconds of saving the file.

Both of these applications together have been working great for me.