I love DropBox and use it every day. I also do what Jon suggests and set up a proper drive letter for my DropBox folder. Makes everything super simple...
Again I will suggest AeroFS, It is a dropbox-like system that you install on your own computers. It has file history, selective sync etc... and best of all the space is limited by your own hardware. I mean the caveat is that your internet connection will be the bottleneck if you are off your network, but it still works. I…
I've used Dropbox for ages and it's great but a bit limited in size unless you purchase a lot. Recently switched over to copy which is well worth a look. 20gig to begin with, +5gig for referrals.
I'm not sure how it handles that particular case, but this issue would be there with dropbox also. Once the internet at your house or wherever is working, you can access files remotely. I even think it uses a peer to peer system, where if some other computer is connected to the internet using your same aerofs account, or…
I'm working on sorting this out myself both for my work PC and home laptop, and also with external vendors halfway across the world. Not a simple problem. Lots of people tell me rsync, or a commercial application of it like Syncrify. Something sorta cheap you might try that would be somewhat painless (though you still have…