Computers while traveling
I'm in the market for a new PC laptop or 2 in 1, with an eye toward what it can do for me and DW while traveling. We currently use iPhone apps while traveling but a larger screen would be nice, especi...
Forum Discussion
MrWizard wrote:
The Cloud, Perhaps this is a topic for another thread
But I will add this comment
This is a retro step backwards in time
40 yrs ago, the computer was in a big air conditioned room
And users Sat at work stations that connected to the computer via cables
Then came pc's and you could run them singly any where you wanted to put it, then came net working the PC
Yes you could run them singly, That was quite some time ago when having a household PC was the norm (if the household even had one).
Now I have a desktop PC (2), laptop (2), tablet, and a smartphone. They are all computers and in fact many times more powerful than the PC of yesteryear. What benefit is it to run all of these computers singly? No benefit, at least for me.
What is a benefit is having access to all of my data, calendars, email, contacts and more, on all of my devices.
And it is not an either/or situation: I can have my cake and eat it too. If I don't have 'net access, I still have that data on my individual devices--and it will get synced to the cloud when connectivity returns. Conversely, I can lose every single one of my devices and still have all my data when I get a replacement.
Cloud computing is a solution to at least two problems: multiple devices needing to be in sync and reliable/transparent data backups.
Michael
