VDI. With all that bandwidth, the next step for Google would probably be to fully virtualize your computer. Routers could become thin / zero clients as well.
Try http://www.crashplan.com/
You can either pay to backup to their servers, otherwise you can backup between different computers running the client. Supports Windows / Mac / Linux / Solaris. If you are paranoid, you can setup a Solaris box with ZFS and run it on that. Also look at http://www.nexenta.org/ for a nice Solaris platform to make a NAS.
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This is certainly not related to cutting back on HD, but simply cutting back on cost. An HD cable in every console is equal to $$$ if you consider the volume of sales both MS and Sony have. They probably figured that an HD cable is not really a selling point for the console. If someone wants HD, they can just buy the cable separately.
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VDI. With all that bandwidth, the next step for Google would probably be to fully virtualize your computer. Routers could become thin / zero clients as well.
Try http://www.crashplan.com/ You can either pay to backup to their servers, otherwise you can backup between different computers running the client. Supports Windows / Mac / Linux / Solaris. If you are paranoid, you can setup a Solaris box with ZFS and run it on that. Also look at http://www.nexenta.org/ for a nice Solaris platform to make a NAS. rad
This is certainly not related to cutting back on HD, but simply cutting back on cost. An HD cable in every console is equal to $$$ if you consider the volume of sales both MS and Sony have. They probably figured that an HD cable is not really a selling point for the console. If someone wants HD, they can just buy the cable separately.