Comments on: Apple MobileMe vs. Microsoft Live Mesh

By: YoungIT

YoungIT — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:50:36 +0000

Hmm…But can .Mac or Google Aps, let me get on a cruise ship, goto Cancun, and using the ship’s wifi, access my Windows PC via remote desktop to edit my local SQL server database, and then grab my homework from the cloud, finish it, and save it back to the cloud. Or let me install it on every computer I set up for others so that I can manage their PCs remotely should they have software issues that need to be fixed. The real solution though would be Linux with Google Aps. The best of both worlds.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:06:03 +0000

I kind of expected to see a “mobile me is better than live mesh because…” kind of thing here.

By: bobboo

bobboo — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:51:53 +0000

Are you getting payed by apple? I’m using live mesh and it is great. mesh says on there site it will be on mac and mobile phones. the live desktop is very helpful. I’m sorry but I think it is a mistake for you to be so much a fanboy of the macs. you do realize that ony 10% of people have a mac. you are cuting down on you posible viewer ship. this will be the last video i watch of yours. Later.

By: David Finkelstein

David Finkelstein — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:56:15 +0000

Hey! I’ve jumped around a LOT on file-hosting sites. Mostly because they upload way too slowly, and when I’m at school and just need to pop some music files I’m using for an HTML project or the videos I edited for spanish class online I can’t wait around after the bell rings.

I think mobileme is INCREDIBLY cheap for what it is, and its truly a great idea. I think Apple is really doing an EXCELLENT job- their products are extremely well made, sexy and stylish, uniform (look the same- you know a mac when you see one), and generally solid preformers.

I have, however, NEVER bought an apple product or service.

Basically, I’d rather pay LESS for MORE (I’m funny that way). Its nice to have MORE features for LESS money, rather than the other way around. That’s why I got teh creative zen, realized that built-in batteries SUCK, and am now looking into buying a sandisk sansa e200 series mp3 player (note: microsdhc slot! that means I can CHOOSE to pay more LATER for more memory, and I can CHOOSE to swap out the battery. I also get fm radio, voice recorder, and a customizable layout).

Notice a pattern in thought process here?

anyways, nice video, Chris, I really enjoyed it, as I do all of your videos.

Take care.

By: cananito

cananito — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:46:27 +0000

I see it pretty much a like a google account with better UI and more storage… Defenetly not for me, I really like it, but nah, I’m not much of a spending guy.

I also don’t see it as a “sync” thing. Why? Because it doesn’t actually edit the files on the computers, it edits the data in the cloud, and your computers are just accessing it… I would call it web based storage, that’s it.

But I gotta say, I’m not against it, it’s just not for me, just for the fact that I don’t like spending. I do like the web UI tough.

By: themacbuddha

themacbuddha — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:04:51 +0000

You can continue to use your own domain.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1932

And aside from working on a blackberry (which it may someday) pretty much all the functions Colin notes will be there eventually and far more elegantly than Google has to date.

By: MOAT

MOAT — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:55:29 +0000

MobileMe sounds awesome! I didn’t realize that you could use it with other devices. I have owned a mac for a few years now and was considering a .Mac subscription. Thanks for the info.

By: David Stark

David Stark — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:04:35 +0000

Preface: I didn’t watch/listen to the video.

You didn’t say anything, pro or con, about Microsoft Mesh. So how can you post an article like this with the title: Apple MobileMe vs. Microsoft Live Mesh? Where are your ethics? You should have titled it: Ten (or so) Reasons You Should Buy MobileMe. And you only mentioned Microsoft related names/products 7 times. Microsoft Mesh was NEVER mentioned.

Nice try though. Pitting Good vs. Bad always brings in more readers. But if you want to “Lure” us in with false promises, why not use the proven and time tested, “Sex Sells” approach? An article title might have read, MobileMe Swimsuit Pages vs. Microsoft Mesh Topless Photo Blog.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:25:24 +0000

Odd… you’re recommending a product that is not even available yet…? Apple still won’t give you the time of day, huh?

By: Saravanan Sahadevan

Saravanan Sahadevan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:43:54 +0000

This is definitely the end for Google Calendar & syncing for me!

By: CLF

CLF — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:40:12 +0000

Was wondering, why not try Google’s solutions (Docs or Calendar)?
I know some are still in BETA and may not be compatible with multiple platforms, but heck if it’s working well, you could save quite a sum of money there!

Google is God.

By: Colin Henderson

Colin Henderson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:52:15 +0000

Its still very walled garden-ish. Google Apps premium should be included in your comparison:
- use your own domain
- supported on mobile (awesome on Blackberry)
- email, calendar, docs/spreadsheets
- shared presentations with chat
- works with linux, windows and leopard

By: Kittyburgers

Kittyburgers — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:17:37 +0000

I use Live Mesh, and although it’s only a preview at this time, it looks very promising. There are many more features I would like to see built into it, so we’ll have to wait and see what the end product looks like. There’s quite a bit of potential for this type of application. I’m sure it’ll be scalable, and, as you mention, it looks like this is the way applications are heading … on the web, in the cloud.

My installation of Live Mesh went surprisingly well, even recognizing my 64bit Visa system and installing the appropriate version (at least Microsoft *finally* got this part right and is supporting 64bit systems.

So far, so good. Doesn’t seem to slow system down, and is very unobtrusive. Syncs files and folders smoothly between my remote office computer and home office computer. It’s a bit too early to tell how helpful this will be for my daily work, but so far it looks like there might be of some useful functions.

Future versions *will* allow for Mac device syncing.

By: George

George — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:27:57 +0000

I’ve put almost my whole life onto the web, however I myself would NEVER sign up for a payed subscription to something like mobileme. As long as I can access my google calendar, email, and photos from a web browser, I’m fine. Any programs I DO need (games, productivity) I either have on my laptop for work or my desktop at home. I only have 2 computers, and I use them for very different things. When I’m on the road and am using a computer, google is enough for me. If I needed to do something for work, I bring my laptop everywhere.

By: Borat

Borat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:21:25 +0000

FIRST