.Mac Back to my mac feature vs. Remote desktop

[mashinhead]

my .mac account is expiring and i'm finding little reason to keep it but this new back to my mac feature is intersting ( http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backtomymac.html ) and i want to know how this compares to remote desktop. are they pretty similar? is it work keeping .mac for this if remote desktop can do the same thing?

 

[72930]

With LogMeIn you can access your other Mac for free, including its files. Back To My Mac gives you a nice interface for files only, but I think (not certain) that BTMM works when the second Mac is asleep, while the other does not...