Discussions

Online Storage is important to me because what if you computer crashes? Even if you have an external hard drive, you would have to carry it every where you go. But if you have online backup and online storage, you could access it on any computer instead of carrying a bunch of wires and a huge hard drive every where.

I really like online backup and at i am using the service of Magic Backup.I am fully satisfied with it's service.is a service that uses our high-speed Internet connection and our Windows® PC to make backup copies of all our important files to a remote location that we provide. They install a small program on our computer that locates and makes secure copies of our pictures, movies, music, documents and other important data silently and automatically. Magic Backup keeps track of new files and changes to existing files so it always knows what needs to be backed up. It performs what they call "Automatic Continuous Backup" in the background without interfering with the normal use of our computer.Magic Backup is the only backup service which allow us to access all of our backed up files from any computer anywhere with an Internet connection and a Web browser. No need to install any software!
http://www.magicbackup.com/

well if the online storage is 10+ then it is a bit. you could back up your important files. But that wouldn't be enough for a whole hard drive.

If your looking for an easy laptop then you should not put it in.

not that important.

for a company to make money off this you would need to market a laptop with at least 15 gb of online storage and backup free for a month and tried to make the app show you what you can do and it could have videos and tests and reviews but it could even do some coupons. even make a good server and make a that part of the backup like have a url to your files and charge like 10 bucks a month for web host. maybe add a easy way to share files through a home network like documents and videos.

Not at all important to me.

I am typically very protective of the data on my computer, and would not want to leave any portion of it online for privacy reasons. Also, current internet speeds in the US make this a not so great option since it takes ages to have several Gigabytes of data uploaded or downloaded.

I have an ASUS 904HA netbook, that came bundled with 10GB of online storage, and I have never once used it. I back up data locally on my network to multiple PCs.

I can see why this would be a nice solution for some, especially users with not so much data to back-up (maybe a few picture albums, documents, etc.) and also a great way for them to be able to access the data between multiple computers in multiple locations (different states, out of country, etc.) So I wouldn't say it would necessarily be a bad idea. Cloud computing/storage has great potential and I would love to see the industry expand it in the future.

Recognize that this feature will have different needs for different people. Some may want to use their own ftp clients to direct copy files. Some will want backup management software. Some will use it to transfer files to other machines, or to share files with their friends. Most importantly, privacy must be respected, and the TOS must recognize user data is the user's property.

It is very important so if you lose any data backed up onto a hard drive you still have data backed up on the internet.

if there is online storage, it should be OS independent, available on any windows or linux variant, free for life, and support snapshots/cow.

I think it would depend on how much memory your computer gets out of the box. Say for instance, someone gets a laptop that has 160GB of memory, they would be eligible to receive more free online storage than say someone who receives a PC that has 500GB of memory on it. It would all be relative. I think it's also important that the online storage would also have media players and text viewing and/or writing tools. This way you wouldn't have to keep downloading a file everytime you want to use it.