Leave the Laptop Behind
Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:30PM EST
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Traveling over the holidays and don't want to bring your laptop PC with you, though you think you may need it?
Here's an idea: GoToMyPC is offering a 30-day free trial to try out its service, which allows you to access your PC remotely from another computer. The company routinely offers the 30-day trial, but if you are traveling, lugging lots of presents, and would rather leave your computer behind, it's a good time of year to try it out if you've been wanting to give it a test run.
Of course, you'll have to leave your home PC on and connected to the Internet for it to work, and lots of people may not be comfortable doing that. In that case, lugging one more bag onto the plane may be more appealing.
Then again, there is another option: Disconnect for a few days, relax, and unwind so that you'll be rested and ready for a new year. A novel idea, no?
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2 Posted by taficke on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:54PM EDT Report Abuse
YOU CAN USE LOG ME IN AND IT IS FREE AND YOU CN STILL USE YOUR COMPUTER ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THEY ALSO OFFER A 30 DAY TRIL OF LOG ME IN PRO IN WHICH YOU CAN USE THE PRINTER NEAR YOU TO PRINT A DOCUMENT FROM YOU HOME COMPUTER.
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3 Posted by bensims0 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:05PM EDT Report Abuse
All windows Xp computers come with Remote Desktop which is microsofts Go To My Pc but free all the time anywhere. All you do is leave your computer on then in your internet conection panel you find your IP address and take it with you on the road.
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1 Posted by dcesanek on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:39PM EDT Report Abuse
Why take a laptop at all, especially when you can have access to a computer/internet on the road? I am sometimes away for several weeks and my.yahoo.com has served me well as my computer on-the-go. Most critical for this homepage are the MESSAGE CENTER and BOOKMARKS modules. Email can always be forwarded to yahoo mail; and the briefcase feature can hold 30 meg or more of files [a 1 gig thumb drive ($20)can also replace or supplement this latter feature for storage and/or apps (from portableapps.com)] All of MY FAVORITES can be placed in the BOOKMARKS module. I would also suggest having writely.com in the bookmarks; it works rather well for an on-line wordprocessor. And, by the way, all of this is free!