Posted by Kadaan at 2:22pm Mar 5 '10Google Sales Chief John Herlihy made a statement this week that "In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs." It's not a statement about computing capacity, but more of what you use it for. You won't need a desktop to be the central hub of your digital life.
The consumerist created a poll, and asked what their readers thought:
For content and data storage, I love the cloud. Simple documents (like reports and stuff in college,) information I'd like easily accessible to me (my address book,) digital photos, and bookmarks all work perfectly with the cloud. Less worry about backing up your data, less hassle when your computer dies or you get a new one and need to copy over files. Even for stuff like gaming, with systems like PSN, Xbox Live, Steam, and the new B.net, you can save some of your single player saves on their servers so you can continue your game even from a different computer.
Granted, this all lies on trust. Trust that when you say you want your photo/document/credit card info private that it actually IS private. Trust that the server you uploaded your photos or saved games to stays online and accessible.
Apparently I'm in the minority. 47% of the voters said "No Way!" to movings towards the cloud, and only 31% said yes in some way (7% said flat out yes they would, 7% said they already do, and 17% said not until mobile devices can do/access everything a desktop can.)
What are your thoughts? Do you still have files where the only copy is resting on your local hard drive for some reason or another? Why?
The consumerist created a poll, and asked what their readers thought:
"Google's head of European online sales, John Herlihy, recently prognosticated that in three years, "desktops will be irrelevant," and everyone will work on mobile devices and store their data in the Internet "cloud." That would be good news for Google, but what about you? Would privacy concerns, limitations of mobile widgets and web apps or other issues keep you tethered to your desktop, or are you ready to launch yourself into the clouds?"
For content and data storage, I love the cloud. Simple documents (like reports and stuff in college,) information I'd like easily accessible to me (my address book,) digital photos, and bookmarks all work perfectly with the cloud. Less worry about backing up your data, less hassle when your computer dies or you get a new one and need to copy over files. Even for stuff like gaming, with systems like PSN, Xbox Live, Steam, and the new B.net, you can save some of your single player saves on their servers so you can continue your game even from a different computer.
Granted, this all lies on trust. Trust that when you say you want your photo/document/credit card info private that it actually IS private. Trust that the server you uploaded your photos or saved games to stays online and accessible.
Apparently I'm in the minority. 47% of the voters said "No Way!" to movings towards the cloud, and only 31% said yes in some way (7% said flat out yes they would, 7% said they already do, and 17% said not until mobile devices can do/access everything a desktop can.)
What are your thoughts? Do you still have files where the only copy is resting on your local hard drive for some reason or another? Why?
The Cloud vs Desktops - Kadaan