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Having read some of the other responses....

...many of them make a good point about the bandwidth and the amount of time it will take to do the first upload. Incremental uploads shouldn't be as bad. However, there are some so-called 'cloud' providers that allow you to send your first 'upload' to them on disk saving you the initial hours or days to get all of your large files up to their 'cloud'. But keep in mind, it will take you a long long time to get all your stuff back over the internet given bandwidth limitations.

Personally, I wouldn't bother with the 'cloud' just yet for my music collection. That being said, I am a firm believer in the benefits of a well integrated and executed cloud environment for many other tasks.

A well implemented 'cloud' is not just a remote disk........

Even though Apple is still working the kinks out of their iCloud, I find it immensely useful for most tasks. My Contacts, Calendar Appointments, Emails, Bookmarks, Photos, and Apps are all automagically sync'd among all of my Apple iDevices. Most of it works under Windows too but Windows is no longer my main operating environment so I haven't bothered to set it up on the Pee-Cees.

Our iPhones are automagically backed up to Apple's iCloud and I have first hand experience with how well this works. My wife's iPhone 4S developed a hardware bug leaving the bright LED ON at all times. One call to Apple support, FedEx Overnight of a new iPhone 4S, and the iCloud got my wife back on the air in no time.

We powered up her new iPhone (which arrived the next morning), went into settings, and told it to provision itself from her iCloud account. Magic! In less than an hour her phone settings, all of her apps, Contacts, Calendar entries, To-Do List, Email accounts, bookmarks, photos, etc. were all "back to normal" on her new iPhone. No fuss. It just works!


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