On 2011-04-06 19:19:15 -0400, Swingman said:

John Gage of Sun was prescient when he uttered the phrase "... the
network is the computer ..." With the advent of cloud computing, the
"net" is indeed quickly "becoming the computer" and it won't be long
before you won't need local copies of programs like Photoshop ... as
above, you don't need most Office Suite software as we speak, which can
be accessed on the cloud via any device that can run an http client.

yeahbut. If you're on a data plan (this applies more to phones and
tablets) that limits the amount of data before you start racking up
surprise chages, well, SURPRISE!

Also worth considering: upload/download speeds. If you're on dial-up,
you're gonna find anything other than text sux. If you're on cable and
all your neighbors are streaming movies, you're also gonna find that
anything other than text sux.