Forum Moderators: goodroi
The rumors have flared up once again, and the current word is that GDrive is set to launch at some point this year, with the death of the PC following shortly thereafter. The service would, in a sense, complete the shift to cloud computing that Google has slowly been rolling out--first with e-mail, then video, then apps, and so on. Once storage exists in the cloud, there seems to be very little reason to perform tasks locally.
The concept is interesting, but with Netbooks priced like iPods and 2-Terabyte drives in the $300 range, does anybody need to "live in the cloud"?
Ridiculous to think that cloud computing will kill the PC. There is no way I'm trusting my irreplaceable photos, videos, music and personal data files on someone else's server. Never.Also, there is no way cloud computing will have apps powerful enough to replace local software like Photoshop, video editing, etc.
