“iWork is going into the Cloud,” Cleve Nettles reports for 9 to 5 Mac.
“Not just storage, either. We are talking interface for Numbers, Pages and Keynote,” Nettles reports.
“Yes,” Nettles reports. “The iWork applications are now going to be Web Applications.”
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Is this site a repository of old fuddy-duddies or something? There are reasons to use the cloud and reasons not to. All you folks talking about “I ain’t using no cloud!” should wake up and look at the calendar.
It’s the 21st century people.
You guys sound like your parents did when they swore they would “never get a computer” cause they wanted their documents “where they could put their hands on them” and not in some newfangled computerised form.
I won’t buy into that. No way, no how.
As the 2-year old here would say, “I don’t want it.”
Saw it coming.
iLife is next.
Before the “cloud” arrives we need solid reliable ubiquitous internet connectivity.
How much would business’ lose in terms of productivity when the network goes down or you personally when wifi/3g is not available. Network down=useless dumb terminals.
How about during natural disasters and the recovery period?
I spent 2 weeks without power and intermittent land line phone service-forget about 3g service, the cell networks were overwhelmed with everyone and their dog trying to make calls-after a hurricane.
Through solar chargers and car power-I was able to at least amuse myself watching video from my hard drive, etc.
Hmmmm…..
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/12/31/apple.netbook.builder/
Quanta set to build Apple and Sony netbooks?
An Apple netbook may yet be in the works, wording from the Taiwanese government suggests. The country’s Government Information Office recently issued a new report, in which it claims that local manufacturer Quanta is “expected to add Sony and Apple as clients for the contract manufacture of Netbook computers in 2009.” Although the Sony netbooks could likely be from the new VAIO P series, Apple has not officially announced any plans to release a netbook.
CEO Steve Jobs has, in fact, generally opposed the concept of a netbook, although in recent months he has described them as a “nascent market” in which Apple would “see how it goes.” The closest the company has come so far is the MacBook Air, a 13-inch notebook stripped down to essential components; the system still has superior CPU and graphics performance when compared to netbooks like the ASUS Eee PC, however. Quanta is also rumored to be involved in the production of new iMac desktops which would ship in January.
My guess is that this would be an option to the localized versions.
Maybe Stevie J will be at MacWorld…
In the CLOUD!
Rock on.
To everyone who points out that the infrastructure currently doesn’t lend itself to a full blown cloud computing world, you’re right. To a degree.
The infrastructure is however fine for most businesses. Internet and power outages are infrequent. Far less frequent that people who forget to back their files up and have disks fails actually.
Think like the manager of a Dental Office for a moment. You don’t care about Windows, or PCs or Macs or Macs vs. PCs. You just want your records managed properly.
You have a DSL connection.
You enter patient records, appointments, and upload x-rays.
You can get rid of that consultant you’re paying $150 an hour to.
You don’t need a very powerful computer, just a “Thin Client.”
“Thin Clients” They’re baaaaaaaaack!
Is this because Steve is “moving to the cloud(s)?”
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What would be good is if it’s a combo unit. When your at home, you use the real deal. When you save a doc, it is backed up in the cloud, and if you are away, you can still access it and update it from Safari. Sounds good to me.
I expect that this will also work on PCs IF they use Safari.
You’re not kidding.
It was just about 15 years ago that a tree falling on some power lines in Oregon or Washington knocked out power over several western U.S. states.
I was in a local computer store in downtown Phoenix at the time and wanted to make a purchase, but was unable to because the electric powered registers didn’t work. The staff didn’t even have an old fashioned, credit card slider.
Can you imagine what WILL happened when such an event happens again in our age of interconnected retail registers and CC sliders?
It’s already being done, to some success as well.
http://www.smartsheet.com/
This would be successful but they need to have both options.
“I DO NOT want my applications and data in or on anybody else’s friggin “Cloud”, thank you.”
I second, third and fourth that.
This raises an interesting question as a number of ISPs seem inclined to move away from unlimited Internet access for a fixed price. Could this move to cloud computing have hidden costs for consumers?
And what’s the point of having a sophisticated machine as a MacBook Pro if there’s a move away from applications on the local machine?
“I DO NOT want my applications and data in or on anybody else’s friggin “Cloud”, thank you.”
I fifth that motion as well!
NO Cloud here. There’s a reason the masses chose PERSONAL computers.
Dvorak is going to LOVE this!
Ryan
nerdhook.com
Can you imagine what WILL happened when such an event happens again in our age of interconnected retail registers and CC sliders?
In the end, the Amish will win.
As the rest of us scramble in hysterics because our technology failed us (again)…..
We don’t need no steenkin’ cloud…
Apple would surely have to improve their “cloud” experience first. The me.com service is still buggy. Outages are more common now than before the me.com service opened.
I cannot believe that the current service could handle the load if the webapps are put onboard.
Still this is something for the future. It may take several years for this to get up to speed. So those who start the trend may lead the pack once this takes off.
As David F pointed out, there may be download limitations in the near future. I just got a BluRay player with built in Netflix. It works great but I wonder how much data I will be able to get until they throttle it down. I have to say that the Netflix service beats Apple’s at this point.
OK how about finishing the fixes for MobileMe first…iWork in the cloud would be a waste of time and resources.
apps in the “cloud” and netbooks today were called mainframes and dumb terminals years ago; maybe it works for those who just use a computer to manage email, calendars and address books, but for those who are creating something with their computers or care about their information/data…run away, run away
…same for google, apple, MS or ibm as the cloud provider
…I realize this paranoia about information ownership control seems to be a bit of a generational thing, but you will find that your “publishing” of all that stuff that seems so cool on your facebook, etc on the internet today, won’t be so nice once you get older and have a career. It will haunt you a lot more than the pix I have of the 80s clothes and haircuts — on the internet/cloud, it never goes away
Agreed with most. Seems too rushed. BUT. If Apple get iWorks UI working even through iPhone better than G-docs – look out and duck! Here comes a chair!
“MacCloud, get off my ewe!”
Relax people. This is good, if true. Currently iWork apps don’t run on PCs. This is a brilliant way to offer these Mac apps to PC users.
Of course, they will have all the drawbacks and limitations that many of you described, but it’s a great way to let PC users become more familiar and less afraid to move to the Mac.
Apple has to do this for two reasons. The first is that Microsoft is getting into this space and Apple cannot allow the “cloud” version of MS office to be ubiquitous. The second is that Google is already in this space and Apple may find itself in a showdown with Google over Andriod. Apple may offer ad-free web search, Google may respond with withdrawing support from iPhone, to which Apple can respond with a web based iWork suite.
this sounds like a way to increase the cost of a Dot Mac membership…