Sugarsync or dropbox on netbook
Nov 25, 2011 | 12:10 pm
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Sugarsync or dropbox on netbook
Which would you use for a netbook (Intel atom and 1gb)?
I'd like to set up a cloud sync for my father's computers, which include a low powered netbook. Which service is lighter weight?
They both seem equally easy to use, which is very important. Is there a third alternative that's better.
All else being equal in terms of memory and cpu usage, I'd go for Sugarsync because it can sync any folder
I'd like to set up a cloud sync for my father's computers, which include a low powered netbook. Which service is lighter weight?
They both seem equally easy to use, which is very important. Is there a third alternative that's better.
All else being equal in terms of memory and cpu usage, I'd go for Sugarsync because it can sync any folder
Nov 25, 2011 | 12:19 pm
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I'd go with Syncplicity.
I've used the other two and SugarSync managed to make duplicate files of every file in the My Documents folder. What a tedious mess that was to fix.
I've used the other two and SugarSync managed to make duplicate files of every file in the My Documents folder. What a tedious mess that was to fix.
Nov 25, 2011 | 1:07 pm
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I've been using dropbox since Live stopped supporting XP and have never had a problem with it on laptops, desktop and a netbook.
Not saying it's better or worse than sugarsync or any of the others, I have not tried them, only that dropbox has been good to me.
Not saying it's better or worse than sugarsync or any of the others, I have not tried them, only that dropbox has been good to me.
Nov 25, 2011 | 7:56 pm
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Any issues with DropBox?
The free version of Syncplicity seems limited to 2 machines.
Nov 25, 2011 | 7:57 pm
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Did you just have it sync the dropbox folder, or did you try some of the methods to sync other folders?
Nov 25, 2011 | 8:16 pm
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I was an old foldershare user, so all my sync folders were under a folder called foldershare. I just moved that folder into the dropbox folder, and it keeps them all fine, I never bothered doing anything different with them. So it looks like this
\dropbox\foldershare\whatever
\dropbox\foldershare\and so on
I've never had a problem with any reduction of speed with dropbox, foldershare, or the live product. They run way in the background, and seem to step back when the machine is needed for other things.
\dropbox\foldershare\whatever
\dropbox\foldershare\and so on
I've never had a problem with any reduction of speed with dropbox, foldershare, or the live product. They run way in the background, and seem to step back when the machine is needed for other things.
Nov 26, 2011 | 3:45 am
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Nov 26, 2011 | 8:47 am
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I went for dropbox. Seems fine to me, but we shall see
One issue is that it only syncs a folder named "dropbox." I changed the "my documents" folders on his computers to use the dropbox folder, as that seemed the most transparent method. Telling him to use the dropbox folder to store docs would likely have been an issue.
One issue is that it only syncs a folder named "dropbox." I changed the "my documents" folders on his computers to use the dropbox folder, as that seemed the most transparent method. Telling him to use the dropbox folder to store docs would likely have been an issue.
Nov 26, 2011 | 2:53 pm
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extremely thrilled with Dropbox. Actually I use it, Google Docs and Syncplicity together and separately. (Back up my Google Docs to Dropbox). Been using Dropbox for a year on maybe 6 computers and devices and it's flawless.
Nov 27, 2011 | 9:56 am
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I use Live Mesh. As said before, no XP support, but when syncing between PCs, there is virtually no size limit (sync to cloud is limited to 5 GB though). Also nice feature is you can setup several folders to sync and mix/match which PCs sync which folders.
Nov 27, 2011 | 2:51 pm
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So if you are clever and can write scripts or whatever, maybe you can get around that, but I don't particularly care for their business model. It seems like bait and switch to me. Free 10GB box.net space, but if you actually want to use that space easily, you have to upgrade to a different account type that isn't free.
Was that your coworkers idea?
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