[reeko]

Originally Posted by m3thodandr3d

To bad our hdd's can't even transfer data that fast. This would be completely useless. If you downloaded a movie that was 1GB, it would still take 3 minutes to transfer. Wait until they have something with a better bus speed and higher rpm than 7200.

this is what im trying to say! there won't be any harddrives, if you download something from the grid, you download it to your allocated space within the grid.

playing music and videos will be effectively streaming them straight from the grid, as opposed to physically having them on your harddrive, however, the harddrive will still be an option obviously.

this is the scary part im talking about. it would be good to stream music/videos straight to a laptop/desktop/handheld device in such a way, but i am personally not happy with every bit of info i would want on my computer being stored on the grid.

although, i suppose it would properly be harder to hack into for hackers than my desktop right now??.... but could be monitored by internet companies/police/government etc. Scary......

[Eurisko]

Originally Posted by Happy Noodle Boy

Unless I mistook what a flash HD is, here you go, for only $3000!

Well I'll be damned. Although 64GB hardly seems worth it. Glad I stuck with getting a Macbook

Originally Posted by reeko

although, i suppose it would properly be harder to hack into for hackers than my desktop right now??.... but could be monitored by internet companies/police/government etc. Scary......

I'd say easier, you can always close off your desktop from the net. Can you imagine if the copyright police ever got ahold of your stash on the Grid? Although none of us would do anything illegal.

[unlockme]

can you imagine how much piracy would increase. i cant see corporate america allowing for it to be that easy.

[Aiyo]

Originally Posted by unlockme

can you imagine how much piracy would increase. i cant see corporate america allowing for it to be that easy.

hahaha, free adobe products for everyone!

[Projectile]

The Grid network is nothing new for those following computing and networking trends. Grid like speeds have been around for a while. In fact years ago vendors of such technologies tried pushing them and making them more main stream and adoptable. ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) was one of them, it was pushing ahead until it met resistance by the brain dead critics and companies who thought that the network engineers of the day were to stupid to use something other then Ethernet. If this had not happened, you would be enjoying full video conferencing at home and doing all your voice, video, and Internet over one fiber optic cable.

The Grid like the first Internet (Arpa / Darpa Net), was created for Academia, the Scientific community, and the government (Military, Etc..). It made its way to the public as more entities saw the benefit of sharing data and resources. More investment in linking more universities and the like. Rember even Scientists like to work from home, imagine doing all you work from the Arpanet at work, then coming home to a 1200baud modem to acces the net .

Now here comes Internet two, Turbo Charged, not using 8lbs of boost, but 500lbs . Can you say the "Matrix" Access to the Grid is not going to be common, not for some time. We will probably see a Grid pipe in some of the big cities and you'll be offered access via a slower, down link.