The Cloud is Expected to Replace the Role of the PC by 2014

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Not going to happen and saying that it'll happen by 2014 is just stupid. Kinda getting sick of these lame articles about this type of stuff. The one about tablets replacing pc's is also not going to happen.
 
Unfortunately, the average user will not put up with the interruptions to their data access due to unreliable and slow mobile data usage models. This will only become the hub when you are 99% connected all the time where-ever you go that you use your devices.

I am afraid, till then local storage will win!

Over-all, I will not be one to follow this new usage model, I do not want or need my content syned across the "cloud". No Need, call me a dinosaur, but there you go!
 
Let's not forget the Hay I'm 200 miles from the nearest hotspot, oh wait I can't access my data
 
Enjoy not being able to use the cloud on your wireless iToy because 1)You're in an area without data service or 2)You blew through your monthly data allowance using the Cloud.
 
By 2014? Ah no. I don't see it. Beware of the band wagon, with it comes lots of predictions that, while a select few come true, most fail and fall flat. I'm still waiting on my flying car.
 
Businesses REALLY want to move us to cloud computing. They would have total control over the apps, reduce piracy, control what you do, and be able to charge you without actually producing a physical product for you to buy and own. This move is NOT about consumer experience. It's about convincing consumers it's a great experience, so they can make more/easier profits and have more control. Yay.
 
My first reaction is total government/ corporate control over all your data and what you do as an individual. I can also see sometime in the future the government making hard drives illegal forcing us all to use the "Cloud" instead of storing our own property where it belongs, with the user.
 
The author of this article doesn't seem to understand what "The Cloud" actually is. To even suggest it will replace the PC is like saying A coffee cup will be replaced by the screwdriver. They are 2 totally unrelated things. My suggestion to Tom's is to stop writing articles just for the sake of writing them. Wait until there is actually something to write about?
 
[citation][nom]orwellswift[/nom]My first reaction is total government/ corporate control over all your data and what you do as an individual. I can also see sometime in the future the government making hard drives illegal forcing us all to use the "Cloud" instead of storing our own property where it belongs, with the user.[/citation]
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LoL clouds this cloud that who cares? What a fail prediction. Toms must have people with vested interest in the cloud to keep spewing this crap. Don't they realize 90% of the people don't have the bandwidth needed for this to even come close to bieng feasable. We won't even have that by 2014 much less it completely replacing the PC. HAHAHA!
 
[citation][nom]RandomGuy20032[/nom]Businesses REALLY want to move us to cloud computing. They would have total control over the apps, reduce piracy, control what you do, and be able to charge you without actually producing a physical product for you to buy and own. This move is NOT about consumer experience. It's about convincing consumers it's a great experience, so they can make more/easier profits and have more control. Yay.[/citation]


I totally agree, though some cloud based services may be useful to us like gmail and a few others, but the ultimate goal of the high level tech tycoons is what you said above, atleast I think so.
 
Cloud sounds like a great idea but you will not see it to soon from a coorporate perspective.

The question of the "Cloud" is who owns the data? How accessible is my data? How protected is my data?

Some industries such as defense, health and banking may not be able to use the cloud.
 
So what happens if I have 1TB of super important data on the cloud (with no backup), and then I lose my job, and must cancel the mobile/wired internet services?
The libraries will be overcrowded, and the neighbours will hate me 🙂

Cloud is good for light stuff like e-mails and as a backup. But I don't think I'd ever use it as a main storage, no matter how good the advertisement will be. And I don't think the cloud will be cheap enough to store all my FLAC files for mobility, and I refuse to use any lossy format.
Personal home cloud, using NAS is an interesting idea, if unlimited mobile internet becomes super cheap.
 
This will happen. The average user only cares about such a small spectrum of useability and would favor the mobile integration with their lifestyle. I don't think anyone can really argue that. However this timeline is ridiculous. Trends take a while to catch on. This is exodus from how people view computing. Not mention every company trying to vie for their peice of this pie will ultimately slow this down as it is the the degree this integration can be made universal that will make it successful. By the time third parties are all involved it's more like the migration will start in the next 5 years and we should expect this in about a decade. Of course enthusiasts will keep their setups, but soon it will not be uncommon for service providers to provide cloud based storage/access as part of your internet data fees. It is not unreasonable to think people will just live off their mobile devices and home terminals.
 
[citation][nom]DukeAJuke[/nom]The author of this article doesn't seem to understand what "The Cloud" actually is. To even suggest it will replace the PC is like saying A coffee cup will be replaced by the screwdriver. They are 2 totally unrelated things. My suggestion to Tom's is to stop writing articles just for the sake of writing them. Wait until there is actually something to write about?[/citation]

It's an interesting metaphor, but I think it'd be better to say something like, "By 2014, we'll all be drinking our coffee through tubes directly connected to Starbucks! Most people will throw away all their coffee cups!"
 
Heck no. There is no way most people will go trusting their data storage to Microsoft, Google, or some other outside company. I certainly don't trust them. Currently, I consider it naive to store your documents "in the cloud" without specific laws in place on what companies can do with that data. There is simply no guarantee that it won't be given out to other companies at will. To simply trust a company won't do things like that shows a person is extremely gullible.
 
The Cloud > PC ---- 2014?

Or someone has there head in the Cloud. I, like a lot of people, am sick and tired of these coined catch-phrase "The Cloud" as if it's something new or completely different than whats been going on since the Internet first took off. Whats going on today is nothing more than a continuation of whats been going on for the past 2 decades and things are just becoming further integrated as far as on-line services go. You're simply talking about servers talking to servers and serving the end-user.

PC's are not going back to the Thin-Client model with the whole "Cloud" taking over the actual resources. Whats going on right now is nice and cute but will never be nothing more for the general user.

There are so many reasons why the cloud is going to backfire in the future if they try to make it the end-all-be-all future for consumers. Bandwidth limits, the price consumers are already paying for Internet and e-Services, Control and Management over their system, security in their hands not some third-parties who allows them access to whats theirs, and reliability. Those are just a few things even the enthusiast or the computer illiterate would have a hard time giving up and ultimately paying more to get less functionality.
 
This may be for the people who are computer remedial, but you never know everyone and their mother nowadays gets a macbook+ipad just to be a zombie like everyone else.
 
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