Using iSync to sync two macs

Is it possible to use iSync to sync two macs?
I use a PowerBook and a Mac Mini and it would be handy if address contacts and calendars could by synced easily.
I would rather not get a .mac account.
Surely another mac should show up when you click 'add device' in iSync?

In addition to the information Julian provided, you can use commercial software as an alternative to .Mac for some synchronization purposes.
SyncTogether from Mark/Space will synchronize five of the six .Mac data categories across user accounts on a single machine, across users on a local area network, and across the internet. Keychain synchronization is not supported.
BusySync from BusyMac provides local area network only synchronization and sharing of otherwise read-only iCal calendars.
You can also investigate such products as SpanningSync for synchronization of iCal calendars using Google, and Plaxo, which offers contact, event and tasks synchronization—in a not quite ready for prime time beta release—for the Address Book and iCal.

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