Thanks, well the only reason they would tell you to take the middle option is so you have more flexibility. I think it's wrong to tell you that because that is not what is recommended on that little window. You only need the SQL Server on the main computer. It won't hurt to have it on the others, but it just takes up resources IF it is running and makes it more likely that others (if you do get others) would save to the wrong database. The only reason that makes sense to have SQL installed on a client computer is just what they say: In case it is a laptop, and you need to have a database when you take it with you and then sync when you come back.
I guess one thing I could say that MAY be helpful is not to look at it so much like it has to refresh on the server. In your mind's eye, forget there is even an AC on the server (even if you do use it). Basically, when you save information to the database path you mentioned above, it is just stored on the database, and your client computer should be able to retrieve it instantly just as if the database were on its computer. (I know you probably know that).
I would say that other folks don't get the same thing, but it's hard to tell, because we are both probably saying similar things, but there is just one little thing that is different. If you continue to have any issues, and AC support can't help, I definitely don't mind trying, but you have to keep writing what is happening. I hate to use the cliche`, but it is history, history, history. You know, it's kind of like patient with joint pain, etc. who on the 5th visit says, "Oh yeah, you asked me if I could have been around ticks, I forgot to tell you I was at a Lyme tick deer farm two months ago."
