If Windows 8 goes primarily "cloud" who will be on board?

Dinesh said:

I guess this is not the rule in Ireland. The mobile broadband charges are between 14.99 to 30 euros. Moreover, its NOT an unlimited plan. The moment you've reached the monthly allowance, you're charged some cents per MB of download/upload.

Dinesh, mobile broadband is one thing, a DSL / ADSL / VDSL or cable subscription something else.

I agree, mobile broadband prices and contract vary quite a lot in Europe. I pay for my Finnish 3G mobile broadband subscription €15 per month, unlimited DL/UL and really good roaming prices abroad, where as my German 3G subscription is €10 more expensive but limited to 2 GB bandwidth per month and roaming costs are huge.

Kari

2GB per month? That's too low.

Kari said:

Dinesh said:

I guess this is not the rule in Ireland. The mobile broadband charges are between 14.99 to 30 euros. Moreover, its NOT an unlimited plan. The moment you've reached the monthly allowance, you're charged some cents per MB of download/upload.

Dinesh, mobile broadband is one thing, a DSL / ADSL / VDSL or cable subscription something else.

I agree, mobile broadband prices and contract vary quite a lot in Europe. I pay for my Finnish 3G mobile broadband subscription €15 per month, unlimited DL/UL and really good roaming prices abroad, where as my German 3G subscription is €10 more expensive but limited to 2 GB bandwidth per month and roaming costs are huge.

Kari

That's a nice rate for an unlimited 3G connection, you know of any houses for sale in Finland?

nitroman84 said:

That's a nice rate for an unlimited 3G connection, you know of any houses for sale in Finland?

:)
There's a catch: after a few GB's used, the speed is reduced from 7.2 Mbps to under 200 Kbps, so it's useless if you want to use it for streaming or downloading. Quite fast and practical though when used for basic surfing.

Kari said:

nitroman84 said:

That's a nice rate for an unlimited 3G connection, you know of any houses for sale in Finland?

:)
There's a catch: after a few GB's used, the speed is reduced from 7.2 Mbps to under 200 Kbps, so it's useless if you want to use it for streaming or downloading. Quite fast and practical though when used for basic surfing.

I was just about to run out and get a plane ticket. Oh well, at least I won't get man handled by the TSA.

pparks1 said:

MWRed said:

True....but it's a thought, depending on how it would all go down. I imagine 7 will be around quite a while anyway.

Well, XP came out in November of 2001. And it's going to be supported until 2014. So, if we add 13 years onto the date that Windows 7 was released, that takes us from July 2009 till 2022.

That's fine by me.
By then perhaps I'll retire a few years early and go fishing. The 'cloud' can go hike a ride on a nice jet stream.

Fantail said:

pparks1 said:

MWRed said:

True....but it's a thought, depending on how it would all go down. I imagine 7 will be around quite a while anyway.

Well, XP came out in November of 2001. And it's going to be supported until 2014. So, if we add 13 years onto the date that Windows 7 was released, that takes us from July 2009 till 2022.

That's fine by me.
By then perhaps I'll retire a few years early and go fishing. The 'cloud' can go hike a ride on a nice jet stream.

Now ur talkin.....if I decided I didn't want to deal with the cloud crap, that just means I have an excuse to go fish more(as if I don't already live to fish anyway,lol).