DropBox: An On-line Backup System
May 24, 2010
So, you have a laptop, a desktop, and you want an iPad. But how will you access your cross-platform common files?
Do you even have common files?
What if you lose one computer? Can you get back your files?
There are on-line back-up services, but this one is really easy to use. You get two gigs free. If they are mostly text files, that's a lot.
The company figures that you will fill up the space. If you do, you can pay more. Meanwhile, this is easy to use. It's called DropBox.
I've got their number. I have 25 years of DOS files on two gigs. I can store them all for nothing.
The video is a good "gee whiz" video. It's cheap, but it's effective. It gets across the main benefit: accessing a common collection of files from anywhere.
If you want to give it a try, go here:
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