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Personal cloud to replace PC by 2014??

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http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/personal-cloud-2014/

http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012..._medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Interesting

Lots of skeptics about this the last few years, but now it seems to be happening...

Google plans a cloud-centered future with Google Play and its market-leading Android mobile OS. But the personal computer will also not miss out on the cloud, as Microsoft and Apple are planning to weave the cloud into the next generation of their desktop operating systems, Windows 8, and OS X Mountain Lion.
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RAMA said:
it seems to be happening...
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I don't think there's cause for panic just yet. If we all took action, we might yet avoid the end of the world. Even if we don't, I still have my pencils and paper ready, so I'm not worried. I think I'm actually counting on it – posting on physical walls might get the attention of local girls, not some women living upside down on the other side of the planet. No offence, New Zealand.
 
Not for me. I'll still be storing everything locally. I don't trust my storage data to offsite servers.
 
^^ Agreed. To put all your personal shite in the hands of some corporation?
Eliminated or copied at the whim of a CEO?
No thanks. It's a ridiculous idea.

Cloud software on the other hand... no local installing. I kind of like that idea.
 
Supplement? Absolutely.

Completely replace by 2014? Not a snowball's chance in hell.
 
billcosby said:
^^ Agreed. To put all your personal shite in the hands of some corporation?
Eliminated or copied at the whim of a CEO?
No thanks. It's a ridiculous idea.

Cloud software on the other hand... no local installing. I kind of like that idea.
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Eh, I'm a hands on kind of guy. If something goes wrong, I don't want to have to call someone a thousand miles away to tell me something's broken. I want to take care of it myself. If the software is locally installed, I can remedy the problem quickly. If it's offsite, I have to rely on someone else's "expertise" to remedy the situation, and that's if I can contact the right person and they set to it immediately.

Too many extra steps.
 
Not going to happen, sure it might supplement it but replace it not a chance. To store things on a remote server does have draw backs.

1.>You'll generally need a superfast broadband connection. Not everyone has one of those.

2.>You'll generally need either ADSL or cable, which not everyone has. And 4G mobile tech is not widespread yet. (as some people aren't interested in the internet)

3.>If there is a problem on the remote server you can't access your work.

4.>Any remote server would have to have a mirror, because there would be no time when it could be taken down for maintenance.

5.>Even if it's free now sooner or later it'll be charged for.
 
J. Allen said:
billcosby said:
^^ Agreed. To put all your personal shite in the hands of some corporation?
Eliminated or copied at the whim of a CEO?
No thanks. It's a ridiculous idea.

Cloud software on the other hand... no local installing. I kind of like that idea.
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Eh, I'm a hands on kind of guy. If something goes wrong, I don't want to have to call someone a thousand miles away to tell me something's broken. I want to take care of it myself. If the software is locally installed, I can remedy the problem quickly. If it's offsite, I have to rely on someone else's "expertise" to remedy the situation, and that's if I can contact the right person and they set to it immediately.
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My thoughts exactly. I like everything to be stored on my computer. And the software too.
 
Sheep said:
Supplement? Absolutely.

Completely replace by 2014? Not a snowball's chance in hell.
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Exactly.

Use the cloud for its advantages.

People who rail against the cloud are silly. It's a tool--nothing more, nothing less. Use it as you see fit. If you don't like the way a particular company makes you use it, don't use that company. Get your own dedicated server--a VPS, even--and do it any way you want.

But keeping the sole copies of all your files in one physical location isn't very bright, either.
 
I don't understand how anyone could make anyone else use a cloud. If it's for personal use, you still have control over what goes on your own computer. If it's for business use, don't put any personal stuff out there. Let the company worry about the inherent liability. If they get hacked or loose their data, they'll figure out to ditch the technology and it will go the way of BetaMax, WebTV and New Coke. Nice concept, but flawed.
 
My Name Is Legion said:
Not happening.
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Nah, it is. I project the following switch to the cloud timeline:

1. By 2018, all home users will have moved to the cloud.
2. By 2020, all business users will have moved to the cloud.
3. By 2025, all governments will have moved to the cloud.
4. By 2056, all cloud providers will have moved to the cloud.


Then, with no physical machines running anywhere in the world, we'd be doing 100% saving in electricity and 100% saving in server and computer maintenance costs. And with the entire Internet infrastructure in the cloud, we won't have to rely on unreliable routers and links, and we'd have Internet everywhere – when your local links aren't working, you'd simply use your cloud links!
 
Ye gods, not again.. :p

Not gonna happen.

Its just as silly as saying that everyone will go back to mainframe/terminal again.
 
The only cloudy things I use with my computer are: iCloud phone/address contacts, and DropBox (which I use with 1Password so I can sync it between my computer and iOS devices).
 
billcosby said:
^^ Agreed. To put all your personal shite in the hands of some corporation?
Eliminated or copied at the whim of a CEO?
No thanks. It's a ridiculous idea.

Cloud software on the other hand... no local installing. I kind of like that idea.
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But they are going to have a long way to develope web based versions of current desktop apps though.

I've played around with with Microsoft Web Apps (MS Office running through a web interface) and the functionality is very limited compared to what you get with the full version.

Now there's a lot of stuff in Word for example that most people don't use but not supporting Word Art and insert pictures?

Then you have making it work on all browser

Web Apps only works properly with IE and what's to stop Google from tweaking their software to only work with Chrome?
 
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