Different ways of syncing 2 MBPs - which is best?

I have 2 MBPs - a 17 in, which is the main one, and a new 13 in, which I use "on the road" etc. I already used Migration assistant to make the 13in similar to the 17, but I know that in time, they will start to diverge again. They are often in physical proximity, in my home. I have read about different methods of syncing the 2, so which would be better, for addresses, calendars, files, photos etc. -
Mobile Me and Idisk?
Migration Assistant and Firewire , then drag and drop from one laptop to the other?
A 3rd party solution such as Dropbox or Chronosync?
Thanks,
Richard

Hi,
I would do this:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4.Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the SSD.
Source means the internal startup drive.
And then from there, your drives will be EXACTLY the same - so all you would have to do is setup the sync program of your choice. Perhaps it might help to keep all the files you would like to sync in a folder with many subfolders.
That's what I do, so dragging and dropping is very simple, or syncing...
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