Comments on: Live Mesh Applications http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:29:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476878 Josh Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:11:03 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476878 "Everyone seems to be gung ho about moving their data to the cloud when it comes to small documents but I think people forget how much data they have locally and the problem presented with trying to keep that data in sync across a network with multiple devices (i.e. movies and music)." Haha exactly mholsather that's what I wonder about too... we sure use out computers for more then word processing “Everyone seems to be gung ho about moving their data to the cloud when it comes to small documents but I think people forget how much data they have locally and the problem presented with trying to keep that data in sync across a network with multiple devices (i.e. movies and music).”

Haha exactly mholsather that’s what I wonder about too… we sure use out computers for more then word processing

]]> By: Ellen http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476735 Ellen Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:04:43 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476735 I've been using Live Mesh for a while and love the ease of sharing folders across computers. If I change a file on one computer it is almost instantly changed on the other. I also have been connecting to my desktop from other computers and using programs stored on that computer. It's pretty quick, no lag in response. My only complaint is I wish it would sync my Outlook .pst file. Unfortunately at this time it doesn't and I am paying for a service called Syncing.net which keeps the .pst file in sync between computers. I’ve been using Live Mesh for a while and love the ease of sharing folders across computers. If I change a file on one computer it is almost instantly changed on the other. I also have been connecting to my desktop from other computers and using programs stored on that computer. It’s pretty quick, no lag in response.

My only complaint is I wish it would sync my Outlook .pst file. Unfortunately at this time it doesn’t and I am paying for a service called Syncing.net which keeps the .pst file in sync between computers.

]]> By: mholsather http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476581 mholsather Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:30:47 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476581 I've been using Live Mesh since it's initial beta release to sync some folders across my network and I have to say it is very slick. It has a lot of potential. I think this will be the way forward for Microsoft until we can truly rely on a cloud computing infrastructure. Everyone seems to be gung ho about moving their data to the cloud when it comes to small documents but I think people forget how much data they have locally and the problem presented with trying to keep that data in sync across a network with multiple devices (i.e. movies and music). I don't see Google, Microsoft or any other company allowing the kind of storage necessary to house media files in the cloud or if we'll have the bandwidth necessary to access those type of files efficiently in the near future. Mesh may be a transition strategy but it will be a long transition and one that I haven't seen any other company present a solution to other than Microsoft. I’ve been using Live Mesh since it’s initial beta release to sync some folders across my network and I have to say it is very slick. It has a lot of potential. I think this will be the way forward for Microsoft until we can truly rely on a cloud computing infrastructure. Everyone seems to be gung ho about moving their data to the cloud when it comes to small documents but I think people forget how much data they have locally and the problem presented with trying to keep that data in sync across a network with multiple devices (i.e. movies and music). I don’t see Google, Microsoft or any other company allowing the kind of storage necessary to house media files in the cloud or if we’ll have the bandwidth necessary to access those type of files efficiently in the near future. Mesh may be a transition strategy but it will be a long transition and one that I haven’t seen any other company present a solution to other than Microsoft.

]]> By: Domdom http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476487 Domdom Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:06:24 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/10/live-mesh-applications/#comment-476487 One great advantage with the latest version of Mesh is direct automatic background P2P based sync between laptop and desktop for instance of data (not included in the 15 Gb), so it is very efficient and secure. But Mesh doesnt seem to be avail. outside the US ... :-( One great advantage with the latest version of Mesh is direct automatic background P2P based sync between laptop and desktop for instance of data (not included in the 15 Gb), so it is very efficient and secure. But Mesh doesnt seem to be avail. outside the US … :-(

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