Yup - I've seen guys doing that. Just my opinion, but to me that is too
much effort. I'm not enamored by using the cloud just because I can. I can
eliminate half of his steps just by doing it on my PC, and not even involve
the risks associated with the cloud. So again - what is his "advantage"?

He feels his advantage is carrying less and lighter objects. He's not
a light man and very into technology. He is a programmer. He hates
when it takes too many steps or has too many problems in doing things
that should be simple and straight forward. He used to take his
laptop, then netbook, and upload remotely to his home server, but it
takes longer, especially when on speed limited hotel networks. Now he
says it's faster, cheaper and easier to do it this way. That's what
the man says.

I have been evangelizing cloud based solutions and selling them from long
before most people here even heard of the term. I know very well from an
infrastructure perspective, what the advantages and what the limitations or
the liabilities of a cloud based solution are. To use the term "cloud"
should raise a number of discussion points. If it does not - then the
speaker does not understand the cloud at all. But that is just my
"uninformed" opinion on the matter. And - I am a believer in the cloud - go
figure that one out.

I laughed the first time I heard the term cloud. Like it's magic, lol.
I use the cloud a bit but I am skeptical of any new tech when it first
arrives and in this case, cautious of protecting my personal data.

Nor do I. I have a Galaxy S3 and even with its big screen, it's not the
answer to everything. I don't surf the net on it and only use it on the net
when I need to. It is no replacement for a laptop. But - it does fill a
small hole - with constraints.

Agreed.

Again - I am surprised that she found the tablet to be less user
configurable than an iPad. Are you sure she knew how to use it? Operator
brain-damage?

Ironically, she works in the technology realm, although in my opinion,
is not a tech. True techs live and breathe tech. She is easily
frustrated with new things, can't imagine building a pc yourself, and
has a short fuse on patience. I gave her a book on the device but I
doubt she read it. And, as I said, she won't let me look at it. So,
she gets to live with the frustration, not me.

Mouse? What's that? I haven't used a mouse in years, unless forced to.
Once Logitech came out with the track ball, that was all I needed and
all I use. Frustrates anyone else who sits at my desk .. lol .. but
hey, that's not my problem. I can move faster and do more with the
trackmarble than with a mouse and my wrist doesn't cramp or suffer.

Yeah - I use the term almost universally. Track ball, mouse, eraser head,
touch pad - they all kind of blend together in my speach.

I think many people do the same. I started experiencing wrist
discomfort many years ago working for microsoft. A working neighbor
had a trackmarble and let me try it. I've had one ever since. My
thumbs were damaged back in school and I always am concerned that I
will suffer serious arthritis when I get older, so the trackmarble
helps me to exercise them. It's been working so far.