Can't sync address book with .Mac

Hi. I'm posting a question for the first time. I am currently a trial user of .Mac. I was seriously considering becoming a full member until I ran into problems syncing my contacts. My question is very simple. Is .Mac worth the effort? I've wasted many hours so far (intermediate level user) trying to get the addresses to sync and nothing works. I've also seen that many people seem to be in the same boat. What's the consensus out there? Do the other perks (iDisk, for example) make up for Address Book setbacks and headaches?
Macbook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Torero,
I have found it invaluable, but then, I'm using the iDisk feature as a holding place for client files. For instance, I have a client who lives outside of town in the "country" and has only a dial-up connection to the internet. For her convenience, I put files there for her to retrieve at night, so she can go to bed while they download! Or, a client needs to have a printer receive files and can give them my .mac address to retrieve the files. This is most useful when the client isn't too web-savvy, as this way the printer gets all of the right files. Or my newsletter clients post photos there for me to get so it takes them less time to upload them that way...
I've not tried to sync to my .mac account but probably will soon, though, and I, too, read these lists first!
Good luck, but in short, I've found my subscription to .mac to have been very worthwhile for my purposes.
iMac G5, Powerbook G5, Palm Tungsten-E   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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