[redtwo]

What people seem to forget while talking about how awesome iCloud is, is the fact that iCloud is only offering 5G of storage for free. It is cool and hype to have access to your data from everywhere, but this will unpersonnalize the computer. Since all you care about is your data. Your data is your computer. with iCloud, welcome to the era of the unpersonal computers, where a computer has nothing to do with it's user, except being, well, like a cable to connect to the cloud. An empty cable that a lot of people can use, but nobody really owns it. What I think people should do, if they are against this path, is to build a system where you can install a personal cloud, using an external hard drive. And be able to sync, automatically, all your data with all your devices. It is way cheaper to buy a hard drive than to buy storage on the cloud. Build your own iCloud.

[cdcarter]

But, I like the idea of an unpersonal computer. Right now the only thing that really makes my laptop different than my friend's laptop is the stickers on the cover and some MS Office shortcuts I set. My data is mostly unimportant, and already in Dropbox/Gmail so I can access it anywhere.

A majority of people are significantly helped by this strategy, not hurt.

[redtwo]

Good point, as long as you trust your 'hoster', you have a speedy internet connection, and willing to buy online storage.