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Originally Posted by upstate
Thank you for the responses, please keep them coming. One thing I forgot to mention is the internal storage and or disk drive. I honestly have no idea how a cloud operates and the pros and cons of using one. My wife has a Dell XP13 and loves it, so who knows. Personally for me, I’m thinking of hiring an expert to walk me through all my options and how to use them.
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Cloud: internet-based file storage and access.
Previously you'd save everything to floppy disks, or a tape, or a CD-RW, or the hard drive. Now, things can be saved (or save automatically) to a virtual server on the internet.
The upside: no files on your computer to corrupt, or get virus or malware on.
The downside: you have zero access to any of your files if your internet goes down, or if you bring your tablet/laptop somewhere else and there's no internet there.
I prefer redundancy: I let things autosave to the cloud, but I force-save everything to a flash drive (aka thumb drive). That way it doesn't matter if I have internet or not. Doesn't matter if my desktop computer breaks or not. Doesn't matter if I'm home or not. I grab my flash drive and bring it with me, and everything I need is right there to plug into whichever device I happen to be using.