Nick,
been there done that. Looks like such a device exists
over in Windows land already. This excerpt is from the
WSJ which is a paid site but you can to www.4migo.com
to check it out.
Steve
******
In a world of multiple PCs, keeping them all
coordinated is a hassle. Some people lug laptops home
every night, so they can work on their office files
and office e-mail after hours. Others use slow dial-up
connections at home or in hotels to perform cumbersome
remote log-ins to office networks.
But, what if you could take the key contents of your
office PC, and much of its look and feel, anywhere,
without lugging a laptop or logging in to your office
network?
A new $150 gadget about as big as your thumb, called
the Migo, lets you do just that.
You just plug the little Migo into the USB port of
your office PC -- or any other Windows PC you choose
--and software embedded on the device will copy onto
the Migo your recent Outlook e-mail, Web-page
"favorites," key files or folders you designate, even
your desktop icons and wallpaper.
Then, when you get to any other PC where you'd like to
work -- at home, at a hotel business center, Internet
cafe, etc. -- you plug the Migo in again and enter
your password.
In seconds, this "guest" machine is transformed into a
partial clone of your original PC.
--- Nick May <nick@kyushu.com> wrote:
> This is the kind of thing I want my phone to be able
> to do. Memory is
> still expensive of course (tiny hard disks, at
> least) - but it would be
> genuinely useful...
>
> Nick
>
> (This is from an info sheet at apple.com, since
> pulled, about a possible
> upcoming feature of an upgrade to Panther.
>
> I got it here http://macrumors.com/
>
> >Home away from home
>
> >Ever thought you could carry your home in the palm
> of your
> >hands or in your pocket? You can. Panther's Home on
> iPod
> >feature lets you store your home directory ―
> files, folders,
> >apps ― on your iPod (or any FireWire hard
> drive) and take it
> >with you wherever you go. When you find yourself
> near a
> >Panther-equipped Mac, just plug in the iPod, log
> in, and
> >you’re “home,” no matter where
> you happen to be. And when
> >you return to your home computer, you can
> synchronize any
> >changes you’ve made to your files by using
> File Sync, which
> >automatically updates offline changes to your home
> directory.
>
>
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Received on Wed Dec 3 10:00:31 2003