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What is the value add of using 1 device everywhere vs multiple devices with all my data synchronized? Aside from needing a cloud solution to sync the data I don

What is the value add of using 1 device everywhere vs multiple devices with all my data synchronized? Aside from needing a cloud solution to sync the data I don't see the upside to putting everything into a single device.

northwest 13y ago
The Ubuntu OS does not require you to do that. It is an additional option you have, for example with their current "Ubuntu Edge" project.
minor_nitwit 13y ago
Synchronization is a solution to the problem of needing multiple devices, but a single device is still preferable.
- lttlrck 13y ago
  Multiple device synchronization gives redundancy and backup. Plus the ability to use multiple devices simultaneously.
  - minor_nitwit 13y ago
    I don't see why data rendundacy and backup would require device rendundancy - especially for the common person. After all, I don't have two lights in every room in my house just in case a light bulb blows, I just buy a pack of lightbulbs. In the case of a drive failure, there should be a way to recover data loss, but this shouldn't be ever present and visible. As far as simulataneous device usage - I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Most brains can be thought of as single threaded working with multi-threaded multi-core parallel executing devices. The limit in doing multiple things at once has always been biological in my case. For things running in the background - this can be done with current technology.
pedalpete 13y ago
I like to think of it from a bit of a environmentally friendly perspective (but there are massive benefits to convenience as well). How often do you need/want to upgrade your PC/Phone/Tablet? Those probably have a fairly regular cycle. What about your TV? Monitor? Keyboard? Other I/O devices (ignoring that we've had a resurgence in monitor technology in the last few years). These things don't have as consistent an upgrade path. If rather than upgrading your PC AND phone AND tablet on a 18 month - 3 year cycle, you just upgraded one small device every 24 months. You still use the same monitor and keyboard, your tablet screen (which I suspect the tablet will become little less than a touch screen with built in camera and I/O to run the OS) and other devices. You're saving quite a bit in resources. One 'local' drive that you carry with you, and a bunch of cloud storage, all your apps across all your devices, no logging into a service on device X only to find that when you go to device Y you have to login again, but you've forgotten your password so you reset your password which means that you're not logged out on device X. Etc. etc.etc. there is value.

northwest 13y ago

The Ubuntu OS does not require you to do that. It is an additional option you have, for example with their current "Ubuntu Edge" project.

minor_nitwit 13y ago

Synchronization is a solution to the problem of needing multiple devices, but a single device is still preferable.

lttlrck 13y ago
Multiple device synchronization gives redundancy and backup. Plus the ability to use multiple devices simultaneously.
- minor_nitwit 13y ago
  I don't see why data rendundacy and backup would require device rendundancy - especially for the common person. After all, I don't have two lights in every room in my house just in case a light bulb blows, I just buy a pack of lightbulbs. In the case of a drive failure, there should be a way to recover data loss, but this shouldn't be ever present and visible. As far as simulataneous device usage - I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Most brains can be thought of as single threaded working with multi-threaded multi-core parallel executing devices. The limit in doing multiple things at once has always been biological in my case. For things running in the background - this can be done with current technology.

pedalpete 13y ago

I like to think of it from a bit of a environmentally friendly perspective (but there are massive benefits to convenience as well). How often do you need/want to upgrade your PC/Phone/Tablet? Those probably have a fairly regular cycle. What about your TV? Monitor? Keyboard? Other I/O devices (ignoring that we've had a resurgence in monitor technology in the last few years). These things don't have as consistent an upgrade path. If rather than upgrading your PC AND phone AND tablet on a 18 month - 3 year cycle, you just upgraded one small device every 24 months. You still use the same monitor and keyboard, your tablet screen (which I suspect the tablet will become little less than a touch screen with built in camera and I/O to run the OS) and other devices. You're saving quite a bit in resources. One 'local' drive that you carry with you, and a bunch of cloud storage, all your apps across all your devices, no logging into a service on device X only to find that when you go to device Y you have to login again, but you've forgotten your password so you reset your password which means that you're not logged out on device X. Etc. etc.etc. there is value.