Re: Another list
Tenacious
1/4/2012 10:48:59 AM
I'm not ready to give up the GPS in the car either. It's dangerous to try to look at the map on the phone while you're driving. Heck it's probably illegal to even touch the phone to SEE the map.
Re: Another list
Dex
1/4/2012 10:37:45 AM
I'm not ready to part with my flash drives. Yes they are easy to misplace. But for specific uses, ie transferring a file from my office computer to my home computer and back again, they are perfect. I don't want everything I am working on posted to the cloud.
There is always that risk -- or that someone close to a company exec is pumping the reviews. But you can look for trends, first online but more importantly in real life. How many people on the train are using an X? How many if your friends are buying Y? And how happy do people seem with the products?
Re: Every Failure was a big success!
yalanand
1/4/2012 2:56:22 AM
There has to be some independent voice. Ideally, the best reviews are the viral ones from the end users.
@Drivewaygirl, but how do you make sure that the reviews are actually from the end users ? Many times companies hire freelancers to post good review about their products on forum. Most of the reviews are all paid reviews.
Re: HP tablet
yalanand
1/4/2012 2:51:56 AM
I'm pretty satisfied with the HP computers I've used recently.
@Dex, true HP products are pretty good. I am really surprised why HP dumped its tablet business. They should have at least waited until Christmas, when people actually buy that sort of stuff.
Flash drives have certain advantages that cloud storage cannot get around. The key issue being that the cloud is not always as ubiquitous as advertised. Sometimes data connections, wired or wireless, simply fail.
I was in a situation where a network crashed and the only way to share information on a collaborative project that needed to be completed in time was to pass around a Flash drive.
With the right software, Flash drives can be turned into keys to lock access to computers. No Flash drive, no access.
The flip side is that Flash drives can be security risks even if encrypted. They are also easy to misplace.
Until smartphones come included with flippable usb connectors to double as a flash drive-like adapter, those bad boys will be around for a while.
The Chicago Tribune ran its own list of obsolete technology today. And while some of it made sense--Flip cameras, for instance--some didn't. They included flash drives -- because of the cloud-- and GPS for the car -- because of navigation on smart phones.
Well, I don't want to save EVERYTHING to the cloud. Some things are just for me or my family. And it's really hard to use your phone to navigate while you're driving. Just saying...
Possibly. Let me survey two other females in my family and see what they want to do with the cords.
I am an electronics pack-rat type, no doubt.
See? It's that gender thing!
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