Sharing/accessing files between laptop and imac

i want to make it so i have a "server" type thing where i can access files either from my laptop or imac but im at a loss figuring out how to do it and if i need an actual server hard drive thing.
any ideas?
is it possible to make a portion of my hard drive on my imac available to access files across my airport? maybe by just purchasing Mac OS X Server? whats the best way of achieving this? cheapest too!
could i get an external harddrive and act/use as if its the server?

There are quite a few options available to you with varying degrees of speed and integration.
Assuming that you take your PowerBook home…
1) Buy a FireWire cable and boot your PowerBook into Target Disk Mode. This makes your PowerBook act like a hard disk on your desktop. This is by far the simplest and quickest solution.
2) Use networking/file sharing via either ethernet, Firewire or wireless.
3) Create a new user account on your desktop and set it to use your PowerBook home directory as its home directory. For this solution you're going to need to start your PowerBook in Target Disk Mode and be able to modify the new account under the root account to point it to your PowerBook's home directory. This is by far the most integrated solution as you will actually be using the same home directory on both computers though it is by far the most difficult to set up.
Assuming that you DON'T take your PowerBook home…
1) Use a USB2 flash drive. My father does this for each of his clients that requires him to work at their offices (on PCs) and this works extremely well for him. This is a really cheap and simple solution but does mean that you can't be moving around huge amounts of data as you're limited by the small size of flash drives.
2) Buy yourself a portable FireWire hard drive to use on both computers. By the way, an iPod will work though won't be as quick due to its smaller and slower 1.8" drive.
3) Doing what you're doing now.

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