One thing to point out: backups in the cloud are useless if you don't have internet access when you want access or to restore data. If you want to fix my backu

One thing to point out: backups in the cloud are useless if you don't have internet access when you want access or to restore data. If you want to fix my backups, make the data readily accessible when there isn't a net connection between me and the service. One time this usually bites is if you just (re-)installed a new OS and you need the network driver, which is only available online. I always keep a backup of the drivers on my external hard disk for this situation. Another service I worry about is Gmail and other Google apps. With email you can easily download the several GB of email onto your hard disk, thus keeping a backup for when you or the service are offline. Dropbox solves this nicely: it's a local folder that's synched to the cloud. If Dropbox is down or I'm offline, I still have access to my data.