Sync Folders on Laptop and Desktop

I have 2 identical folders, one on my laptop and one on my MacPro. I want to keep them identical (sync) them. I do not have a .Mac account and will not in the near future. It appears iSync can not do that for me. Anyone have any ideas or programs to keep these folders in sync, other than of course manually.

For those looking for folder sync. Foldershare works great if you are synchronizing ONLY Macs... it is a super easy to setup and it is free. It supposedly allow you to sync with PCs but there is a bug in the current Mac client that affects the sync with PC and on a random base it enters an infinite loop. The workaround is to turn off encryption and compression as Leopard and Windows use different algorithms... or wait a bit as the new Mac client should be available soon. It is a great way to sync folders and even enable remote access to documents...

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