Yes, that's exactly the problem. - There is no upload bandwidth and we still acuiqre most of our backupable data offline (via cameras, HDs, etc.) - I am sure

Yes, that's exactly the problem. - There is no upload bandwidth and we still acuiqre most of our backupable data offline (via cameras, HDs, etc.) - I am sure Chrome OS will make online acquired data backupable in a push button way. Given these two obvious points, I don't see the reason why that blog post was written. Not to mention they forgot to mention S3, and others you mention. May be Amazon will make Kindle 3.0 a netbook and compete with Google?