Syncing a Macbook with an Imac

Is there an easy way to sync a macbook with a Imac? i.e. firewire...any suggestions would be great !
Thank you!
Paul
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

iSync synchronizes only contact, calendaring and task data with mobile handsets and Palm devices. .Mac Syncsynchronizes only bookmarks, calendars, contacts, keychains, mailbox structures, and mail rules, signatures and smart mailboxes between two or more Macintosh desktop of portable computers using a .Mac account.
You need to consider a program like ChronoSync is you wish to replicate one environment on another machine:
http://www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pages/ChronoSync/chrono_overview.html

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the answer (if it is an Intel-based Mac; not old PowerPC model)
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to disclose the general info about your Mac. Also you can see
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My husband and I are looking at purchasing a Macbook to replace his old desktop PC. The reason we're considering the Macbook is because I have an iMac desktop and want a portable Mac to take with me on the go. At the same time he wants a computer that he can hook up to his desktop monitor, and run Windows on, but that will still serve me as a portable. Kind of an all in one for the both of us. Does this sound feasible? He doesn't use my iMac, because first of all, it's just mine, and secondly I don't run windows on it and he wants Windows. I won't give up my hard drive space to Windows stuff.
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iPhoto and iTunes: the problem can surface other places too, but it hit me most with these two. Say you grab a few pictures and put them into iPhoto on the MacBook and then promptly forget. Later in the week you grab a few more and import them into the iMac. So on Saturday you sync. You can't copy one iPhoto library over onto the other - either way you lose. Same issue with iTunes and any file you might create - but it is less likely to happen with normal word processing files. The solution I found was this: I import photos only on my desktop, never on the MacBook. If I just have to download music on my MacBook I put them on my thumb drive immediately.
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iOS
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