Technically not a bargain…but thought it was worthy of a post.
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Hahahaha I came here to say the exact same.
That said, Dropbox is still definitely the better bargain. The featureset is still far more complete: App for iPhone, better app for Android, lan sync (absolute necessity when you work on laptop+desktop with large files), more polished, etc.
It's definitely one of those things that can't be judged at face value.
Not sure how this is a bargain
Google Drive is 100Gb $5/mth, 200Gb $10/mth 1Tb $50/mth
http://support.google.com/drive/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2…Cons against Drive is no delta sync, no lan sync and reports of app being buggy.
Yeah, I tried switching to Google Drive a few months back when it first launched — I wanted to love it, but it's a horrible, buggy piece of sh*t. Hopefully by the time my Dropbox Pro account is up for renewal it will have improved.
yeah plenty of pros/cons on either product. But the dropbox pricing is 2x the price, so no bargain
Then there's Skydrive, insync, sugarsync, blah blah
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/24/2954960/google-drive-dropb…As for G.Drive, the app works fine for me across win7/xp, android tablet & phone.
Few of which have lan sync. Few of which have anywhere near the cross-compatability of Dropbox. Few of which are anywhere near as polished or reliabile. Few even have revision history. None of which have all of those.
What your suggesting is that because a Mercedes is more expensive than an Hyundai it can't be a bargain.
I don't understand.
what can this cloud service do that an SD card or a USB stick cannot?
it's not portable, requires an internet connection and it's much slower transfer rate.Gives you more free space in your pockets :)
Auto-sync across devices.
On a basic level think of using it as your 'work folder':
0 You don't need to worry about any backups etc. as all automatically get backed up on cloud.
0 Don't need to worry about version control as you can view and restore previous versions.
0 Wherever you are you can access the files instantly without having to think about if you placed it on your USB
0 Allows you from any place to put an item in your dropbox folder and have it ready on your PC when you return home!
what can this cloud service do that an SD card or a USB stick cannot?
A truckload. Dropbox has a lot of automation and it also integrates with a lot of services.
Example:Automatic photo uploading from camera or phone. Just plug in your device, click Sync and everything is sorted and uploaded.
Reques files with JotForm and Airdropper, Filestork etc.
- You can setup your website or blog, and use Jotform as a means of storing files that other people upload. Very handy for school teachers or project managers.You can use Dropboxifier to manage your save games and "cloudifiy" them.
Use Dropbox to manage BitTorrent and Usenet Downloads from anywhere at work or home
File transfer easily from your PC to your phone via Wifi LAN transfer
Backup your Android phone using Dropbox - Titanium Backup synchronization
Use your programs from the cloud (Cameyo Application Virtualisation)and about a hundred more plugins you can use:
http://dropboxwiki.com/Dropbox_Addons#.T_43VvViprEAutomatic photo uploading from camera or phone. Just plug in your device, click Sync and everything is sorted and uploaded.
In some cases, you don't even need to do that. I take a picture on my phone, then when I go to my computer it's already there. I don't have to think about it at all.
You people need to have your head read if you think that dropbox eliminates the need to have adequate backup.
Really if the services dropped out and it may at any time for any reason, who the hell are you going to call to get your data restored becuase you use it all the time, send a support request via email really………….!!!.
Great product use it all the time, but it is backed up locally to avoid the day drop box is hit with a glitch…
Nobody said Dropbox was good for backup. Dropbox is a file sync service. If you have a file on Dropbox, it is expected that you have at least a copy in your local Dropbox folder as well.
Well obviously it shouldn't be your only backup — but that can be said about any type of backup. You should always have multiple backups.
Really scrimshaw…
The Local DropBox folder, if you delete the file from the cloud it deletes in the file in the local folder as well, so assume a major problem with DropBox's infrastructure, there is a chance that the files in your local folder may be sync'ed and all files delete( just in error of course).
All I am saying is the DropBox folder on you PC like any folder of important information needs to be backed by you up to an external source other than Dropbox, but people will learn the hard way, believing the cloud storage is the answer to this problem, but DropBox is not the answer. You need to have a backup copy external to DROPBOX .
Ask those that were using MegaUpload for cloud storage, FBI has their data now, can you imagine if the FBI deleted the data on those servers and the same deletion syned to you local drop box as well….. poof data gone.
Clearly you haven't used Dropbox then. It's call file revision. Things you delete in Dropbox aren't deleted, you can easily restore them from the web UI.
As for MU comparison: If Dropbox servers went down your data wouldn't be deleted, it would simply just fail to retrieve updates. Dropbox also isn't in the habit of marketing itself as a warez freehaven, and exposing internal company emails bragging about that fact.
wow, can you get any more hysterical? no one has made any of the claims you seem to be responding to. you're just jumping up and down arguing with YOURSELF. LOL!
what's even better is you don't even understand how it works.
Grow up and read more….
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