Ed Bott’s Microsoft Challenge–3/30/2000

According to some estimates, more than half of all new computers installed in corporate environments are portables. Windows 2000 replaces the barely usable Briefcase utility with a new Offline Folders feature that promises to make life easier for notebook users. Have you deployed this feature? If so, tell your fellow TechRepublic members about some of its pitfalls and limitations. I’ll dole out a total of 2,000 points to the best suggestions for synchronizing files on a notebook and desktop PC.