for the hand me down lap top it's far easier to pop the hd out and load what you need onto the HD and then put it back in... far easier then the remote ppp game. they sell the adapters at microcenter for the HD size changes, it's a good thing to have in your kit.
i just use a little USB drive for this, but i'm generally dealing with fairly small amounts of data. i know you can get them up to a gig these days, maybe more, but compatibility with older machines can of course be an issue.
still, it is a very fine thing to be able to take my writing directory with me everywhere i go. i periodically sync it with my other machines, but for the most part i simply write directly to the USB drive -- that way i know i always have the latest revision of everything, and i can even work on it from someone else's computer.
Oooh, what a great thing to use a USB drive for. I want one! (Actually, a laptop would be a great thing for me to have, too, as I could travel and still get work done, because copies of my tools could come with me.) :D
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still, it is a very fine thing to be able to take my writing directory with me everywhere i go. i periodically sync it with my other machines, but for the most part i simply write directly to the USB drive -- that way i know i always have the latest revision of everything, and i can even work on it from someone else's computer.
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