LogMeIn - The Perfect Office Anywhere Tool?

Martin in Sydney left a comment on my original post telling me that I should try LogMeIn.com as an option to Foldershare.com (too buggy) and GoToMyPC.com (too pricey). Well it took me a week or so, and some agonizing moments when Foldershare deleted some recent work that I did, before I gave it a try. (I found those files in the Foldshare Trash, but that is not where they should have been!)

So, I finally installed LogMeIn on my desktop computer. I had already had an account, as I had considered LogMeIn's online backup utility (though I chose Carbonite.com instead). After one night of using LogMeIn all I can say is Hallelujah - I have reached the Promised Land. Although I could not get it to work with Firefox on my Vista tablet pc, it works like a charm in Internet Explorer 7. I love it!

According to the LogMeIn website, even the free version allows file synchronization, though I have not yet tried that. Clipboard text is synced across computers, though you apparently cannot copy and paste files that way. Right now I am using the GSpace plug in for Firefox to move files from one computer to another through my Gmail account. That works really well.

Also, I think I am using the LogMeIn Pro version at no cost for 30 days, after which I will revert to the downgraded Free version if I do not pay for a subscription. The Pro version includes file copy and synchronization, which has become my major uses of LogMeIn when I am traveling. I think the Pro version is about half the monthly price of GoToMyPC.

I am now comfortable with Gmail as my main email program (instead of Outlook, which I rarely open any more), Airset.com for my calendar and contacts, and LogMeIn for file access. Other than the cost of high speed Internet access, and electricity for my mostly on desktop computer, my office anywhere set up is working great (so far) and is completely free!

Update --- Well, "Free" for 30 days, at lease. I ended uyp paying for LogMeIn to keep the file synchronization capabilities. My only complaint with LogMeIn is that I cannot get a Thumbnail view of my photos from within their File Manager. I can see the photos using the desktop Remote Control feature, but to go back and forth is a hassle. Other than that, though, I am a satisfied user.

Update #2 - 3 August 2007 - I hate it when I find something that was probably better and cheaper that what I had bougnt. I have been looing at Avvenu.com and I think it might be better than Logmein.com. The main reason, for me, is because it offers the ability to search my home computer from my traveling computer. Logmein.com does not offer that capability, which has been frustrating at times!