That works to an extend, but slow internet access on the road limits that. Especially for something like remote desktop. Sometimes internet access can go down for a few hours or the whole night too and then it's still nice to be able to work on your stuff. That's why automatic remote backup solution, with full drive encryption, is better choice.
This is certainly interesting technology and Microsoft must see lots of potential in it. Good for them, as casual piracy really is hurting the industry. It wouldn't be so bad if it went back to the BBS secret ages, but now everyone is pirating.
How do you know he travels only inside U.S., or in U.S. at all? I know for a fact that it's not allowed to carry guns in most international flights, if not in all. There's always announcements about those on airports, and you can't even declare them.
But that IS living. I do the same - everything I own fits in a bag and laptop case. I travel around the world, seeing places, hanging around, and generally living while traveling. I have been doing this for 3-4 years and have had tons of great experiences and girlfriends around the world. Maybe some day I see a place where to settle down.
Oh yeah, I still like to do some gaming so I have an expensive laptop for that.
RAID isn't always an option, especially on laptops. I do take precautions with my data like online backing up but because of small amount of available bandwidth, I only do this for most important files. That still doesn't mean I don't care about the other files - I do, but just less so. Nevertheless they can be important.
It seems like Microsoft is really going out of it's way to innovate in Windows 8. I just hope both Apple and Linux developers would add something similar, as it's hard drive failure can lead to huge problems. Yes, you can use RAID or something, but that will bring costs significantly up. It's better to see these things before failure actually happens.
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Net neutrality only concerns ISP's, not service or third parties.
That works to an extend, but slow internet access on the road limits that. Especially for something like remote desktop. Sometimes internet access can go down for a few hours or the whole night too and then it's still nice to be able to work on your stuff. That's why automatic remote backup solution, with full drive encryption, is better choice.
This is certainly interesting technology and Microsoft must see lots of potential in it. Good for them, as casual piracy really is hurting the industry. It wouldn't be so bad if it went back to the BBS secret ages, but now everyone is pirating.
How do you know he travels only inside U.S., or in U.S. at all? I know for a fact that it's not allowed to carry guns in most international flights, if not in all. There's always announcements about those on airports, and you can't even declare them.
It's not allowed to put guns in your checked luggage.
Get a rider on your home insurance policy that covers replacement of the hardware.
Am I missing anything?
Maybe that he doesn't have a 'home'. Travel insurance is also hard to get if you live traveling for a long time.
I do the same and it's awesome.
But that IS living. I do the same - everything I own fits in a bag and laptop case. I travel around the world, seeing places, hanging around, and generally living while traveling. I have been doing this for 3-4 years and have had tons of great experiences and girlfriends around the world. Maybe some day I see a place where to settle down.
Oh yeah, I still like to do some gaming so I have an expensive laptop for that.
Never heard about virtual memory?
RAID isn't always an option, especially on laptops. I do take precautions with my data like online backing up but because of small amount of available bandwidth, I only do this for most important files. That still doesn't mean I don't care about the other files - I do, but just less so. Nevertheless they can be important.
It seems like Microsoft is really going out of it's way to innovate in Windows 8. I just hope both Apple and Linux developers would add something similar, as it's hard drive failure can lead to huge problems. Yes, you can use RAID or something, but that will bring costs significantly up. It's better to see these things before failure actually happens.