Don't want my pictures on my laptop but I want to access them

I hope I am not being too redundant. I have looked around before asking this question. I just got a new laptop so that I can take PS with me. I have a lot of pictures on my main PC and I would like to synchronize these to the cloud so that I can see them, but I do not want them to download to my laptop. Instead, I want to view and download each picture file from the cloud to my laptop as I need to work on them. How can I best do that? Should I turn off synchronization on the laptop (Mac)? I think they have already downloaded to my laptop, so can I just delete them all and turn off synchronization?
Thanks,
Joey

If you just  wish to have the ability to view and share photos, simply make a collection and sync to Lightroom Web. LR5.7 now has a new share button at the top of the Library grid for use when syncing via the creative cloud to LR Web. It automatically creates a URL for the sync’d collection which you can share with clients, family and friends. Laura Shoe has produced a video tutorial showing the new features including social sync for likes and the comments badge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jQyIxVBNLA
If you decide to get an external hard drive to store all of your image files you could then use smart previews. That means you can edit photos whilst travelling with your Mac Book Air, without the need to carry the external hard drive with you.
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/lightroom-smart-previews.html

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