[dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak

You can also run your own cloud server and access your files which are stored at home safely from anywhere.

That's what I'm doing with my Pogoplug. There's a native client for android and iOS to access and sync your files with. You don't even need to buy a separate unit. You can also install the server on your desktop and turn your computer into a cloud server.

- Hans

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On 2012-08-15, at 8:10 AM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Well, a tablet is not a work machine. 
> 
> It is something you have so you can scan the internet, play songs, read
> books, listen to pod casts and checkout Facebook and your friends. If you
> are planning on using it to take lots of pictures, do programming or graphic
> editing on and a place to store documents, you are using the wrong type of
> computer.
> 
> If you do require extra space you can always hook the tablet to your laptop
> through its USB connector.
> 
> If your needs fit above description it is a perfect computer.
> 
> Jim 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:34 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak
> 
> For a tablet I don't see the cloud as a big negative.  I wouldn't store my
> company data there or large docs, etc.  Since you're not going to be doing
> any real development work on a tablet.  But, AFAICT, and I'm not a tablet
> user, the stuff that Google holds for you is all pretty small but useful
> stuff -  calendar, email, contacts, etc.  The rest of its utility seems to
> be in the apps - GPS, web surfing for news and other info. 
> 
> So I'm wondering if the lack of SD is going to be a problem.  I suppose if
> you want to take a couple of movies with you on a long flight.  But you can
> store an awful lot of music and books in a couple of GB.  
> 
> R
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:06 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak
> 
> On 2012-08-14 11:29 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>> My son just got himself a Nexus 7.  $199 from Google.  When it came it 
>> was already synced with his Google account.  When he turned it on for 
>> the first time it said "Hello Noah". It is one slick piece of 
>> hardware.  But the hardware is just the medium for the total 
>> integration of your life into everything Google.
> 
> Right, any tablet running Android 4.0 gets you that kind of integration.
> 
> Alas the Nexus has no microSD slot, so you must depend on the cloud. No
> thanks.
> 
> PB
> 
> -----
> 
>> 
>> Microsoft is not going to win this one on price or even on hardware.
>> 
>> R
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim 
>> Lawrence
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:05 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>> Subject: [dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak
>> 
>> Surface tablets rumored to ship with $199 price tag
>> 
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/14/surface_199_price_tag/
>> 
>> That price point could change a lot of things.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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