[Artemis Webb]

Ultimately the goal of cloud computing would be that people (if they so choose) wouldn’t have to have their own hard drive. All their information, regardless of it’s nature would be stored on massive servers and referred to as a “cloud”.

While the initial reaction of most is to flinch away the fact is that we are all already in a cloud. When you log onto FR and check your FReepmail or you trust that FR is keeping all your responses in order then you’re depending on a “cloud”...granted a smaller one than the multipurpose giants that are coming.

[johniegrad]

Thanks everyone.

[truth_seeker]

“Ultimately the goal of cloud computing would be that people (if they so choose) wouldn’t have to have their own hard drive.”

Or smaller, faster solid state storage?

Don’t some netbooks use solid state storage?

I KNOW my HTC Evo uses solid state. Leo Laporte calls the Evo a nice small computer, which happens to have a phone included.

With the iPads, Android tablets, latest smartphones, I expect most people will eventually settle on perhaps two devices, best suited for them (with a 3rd perhaps being a flatscreen tv as a monitor.)

Such an individual could have one or more portable high volume storage devices, for the data they wanted someplace besides/off the cloud.

DVDs are nearly to the point of being unnecessary, most of the time. The movie we stream is coming from the “cloud” too.

[MeganC]

>>>Ultimately the goal of cloud computing would be that people (if they so choose) wouldn’t have to have their own hard drive. All their information, regardless of it’s nature would be stored on massive servers and referred to as a “cloud”.<<<

You mean we’re killing the whole PC revolution and going back to mainframes and dumb terminals?