What do you do with a Cloudbook?

[SimonMac]

Could you in theory have two OneDrives, and create a shared folder between the two, and use the web interface to move things from your main OneDrive into the shared folder which will then appear on your CloudBook?

I do something similar with Dropbox

[Cirrus]

I think you mentioned SD... isn't the point that you use SD/USB for storage if you need, and get a pretty decent laptop for the price? I assume you can't swap in a new drive easily?

I'm not sure it's pretty decent. I bought it because I'm a tightwad. It's the same with cars. I look at something and then think I'd really like a bit more power/0-60 in 6 secs and then a camera at the back and lights that come on by themselves. Oh - and the heated steering wheel of course. And the price comes to £45000. So I finish up driving around in a Corsa. It doesn't do anything I set out to do. But at least it's dead cheap!

[original PM]

I'm not sure it's pretty decent. I bought it because I'm a tightwad. It's the same with cars. I look at something and then think I'd really like a bit more power/0-60 in 6 secs and then a camera at the back and lights that come on by themselves. Oh - and the heated steering wheel of course. And the price comes to £45000. So I finish up driving around in a Corsa. It doesn't do anything I set out to do. But at least it's dead cheap!

Yes it does - it gets you from a to b which I imagine when you break it down and remove the flim flam and bull tulip was what you actually wanted in the first place.

[Cirrus]

Yes it does - it gets you from a to b which I imagine when you break it down and remove the flim flam and bull tulip was what you actually wanted in the first place.

Well of course you are totally right.

There does seem to be a lurch towards the Cloud. I'm sure part of it is certain high-price organisations (IBM, Oracle, HP, MS etc) are trying to defy gravity so they are chucking in money to subsidize market share. When people are giving handouts, it's always worth taking a look. Seems to me this is Windows 10 plus Office 365 plus OneDrive storage with a computer thrown in for free.