Keeping my desktop and laptop in sync

I'm sure I'm not the first one wondering about this. I got my second Mac a MBP 15" in december and since then I've been looking for a way to keep my desktop and laptop in sync.
I would like to keep things like my iTunes library and iPhoto library and my project folder on booth the machines. The iMac runs 10.5 and the MBP runs 10.6 OSX.
None of the folders change much but I do subscribe to some podcasts and I'd really like to be able to sync my iphone on booth computers also.
I've looked at ChronoSync and using rsync but I'm not quite sure about it yet so I thought I'd ask here. Any ideas are very welcome.

Don't use both Xmarks and Sync on the same devices, there have been a number of user reports here of conflicts when using both - such as corrupted data, lost data, or scrambled data.
IMHO, at this time you might be better off using Xmarks, assuming it has been working properly for you. Sync hasn't been working properly for about 5% of its users for a few months now; definitely not a proper level of service to brag about, IMO. And since the inclusion of Add-ons in the sync process, mention of capacity issues requiring more servers.
As far as the differences between Sync and Xmarks, I wouldn't know. I gave up on using it when it was slated to be shut down back in 2010, and then was acquired by Last Pass. I switched to Sync at that time, and feel more comfortable with the level of security provided by Sync (encrypted data before it leaves the users PC, and while on the Sync servers).

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