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5 Reasons Microsoft Skydrive Is Better Than Google Drive

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 06:22 AM

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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:09 AM

No easy way to say this: these reasons are just plain stupid. It's like saying the main reason my toaster is better than your toaster is because it makes toast.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:20 AM

View Postkwjtweets, on 26 April 2012 - 07:09 AM, said:

No easy way to say this: these reasons are just plain stupid. It's like saying the main reason my toaster is better than your toaster is because it makes toast.



No, its like saying my toaster is better because it makes more toast, is cheaper than your toaster, and lets me make toast remotely from work (who wouldn't want toast waiting for them when they got home?)
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:39 AM

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

This post has been edited by jamiet0dxt: 26 April 2012 - 07:42 AM

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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:45 AM

Wow! Storage space, MS Office format, more privacy, I love it!!!
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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:47 AM

Wow! 25G storage space, MS Office format, more privacy, this is SUPER!!!
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 07:50 AM

View PostAdamLee, on 26 April 2012 - 07:47 AM, said:

Wow! 25G storage space, MS Office format, more privacy, this is SUPER!!!


The 25 gigs for free is a little misleading. That offer is only for PRE-existing SkyDrive users, like myself, otherwise it's 7 gigs for free, which is darn good.

Microsoft and their plans are appealing to the consumer while it looks like Google is trying to appeal to enterprise.
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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:04 AM

The other big advantage to skydrive is the ability to quickly save files from moviemaker, live photogallery and office products to skydrive. I use photogallery to organize my photos, so I just check a box or mass select the photos and they are backed up on skydrive...
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:19 AM

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Could be, but because millions of us still use XP and are reluctant to change, Skydrive is not relevant to (irrelevant) to our consideration of cloud storage options.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:22 AM

View PostJosephCgbj9, on 26 April 2012 - 08:04 AM, said:

The other big advantage to skydrive is the ability to quickly save files from moviemaker, live photogallery and office products to skydrive. I use photogallery to organize my photos, so I just check a box or mass select the photos and they are backed up on skydrive...


If appealing to enterprise is Google's intention, then they aren't doing too well.

Just read the Google Drive Terms of Service.
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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:26 AM

Most import and missed in this article, the T&C's. Check out Google's T&C's very very carefully, you'll be shocked!
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:29 AM

View Postkwjtweets, on 26 April 2012 - 07:09 AM, said:

No easy way to say this: these reasons are just plain stupid. It's like saying the main reason my toaster is better than your toaster is because it makes toast.

No easy way to say this but you're obviously a BIG Google fan and can't accept that there are far better products out there!
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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:29 AM

I've been a dropbox fan for a couple years but this is so cool. Editing Office docs in a browser is cool when I'm in a jam, but I prefer the full-blown application so this is perfect for me.
Google fanboys should be drunk on anger right now.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:32 AM

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Could be, but because millions of us still use XP and are reluctant to change, Skydrive is not relevant to (irrelevant) to our consideration of cloud storage options.


XP is 11 years old! It's bug ridden and Microsoft will stop all support (except activation) in 2014. Why would they make software which is compatible when users of XP need to move to a more modern, stable and secure OS.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:36 AM

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Could be, but because millions of us still use XP and are reluctant to change, Skydrive is not relevant to (irrelevant) to our consideration of cloud storage options.

Perhaps, but that's not what you said. You said SkyDrive was irrelevant because it doesn't support XP.
I respect your decision to use a 12 year old OS, that's your choice, but there are millions more that have chosen something different. SkyDrive is available to many of them thus, I would conclude, very relevant indeed.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 08:46 AM

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 08:36 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Could be, but because millions of us still use XP and are reluctant to change, Skydrive is not relevant to (irrelevant) to our consideration of cloud storage options.

Perhaps, but that's not what you said. You said SkyDrive was irrelevant because it doesn't support XP.
I respect your decision to use a 12 year old OS, that's your choice, but there are millions more that have chosen something different. SkyDrive is available to many of them thus, I would conclude, very relevant indeed.

Touche'

I should have said SkyDrive is irrelevant to me and millions of others....

A side note, I'm not at choice about the Windows OS that I use. It's ironic that the SkyDrive apps run great on my Mac and iOS devices but MS doesn't want me to run it on XP.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 09:30 AM

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 08:46 AM, said:

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 08:36 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 08:19 AM, said:

View Postjamiet0dxt, on 26 April 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

View Postnonseq, on 26 April 2012 - 07:29 AM, said:

One reason that Skydrive is irrelevant....

It doesn't support Windows XP

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Could be, but because millions of us still use XP and are reluctant to change, Skydrive is not relevant to (irrelevant) to our consideration of cloud storage options.

Perhaps, but that's not what you said. You said SkyDrive was irrelevant because it doesn't support XP.
I respect your decision to use a 12 year old OS, that's your choice, but there are millions more that have chosen something different. SkyDrive is available to many of them thus, I would conclude, very relevant indeed.

Touche'

I should have said SkyDrive is irrelevant to me and millions of others....

A side note, I'm not at choice about the Windows OS that I use. It's ironic that the SkyDrive apps run great on my Mac and iOS devices but MS doesn't want me to run it on XP.


The thing to notice here is it works on NEWER Mac devices. It does not support OS X 10.1 (PUMA), which happens to be just as old as XP..... Sure there are a bit of XP users, but Windows 7 & Windows Vista Market share combined is larger than that of XP's diminishing user-base.
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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 10:42 AM

I use everything google. Just the fact that google drive is integrated to everything else I use and love, is reason enough not to use anything else.
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#20 User is offline   DanielRoca 

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  Posted 26 April 2012 - 10:42 AM

I would honestly say...Skydrive sucks.

There more than 10 reasons why Google Drive and DropBox are a better option. Here are two:
-No support for XP (biggest desktop OS)
-No support for Android (biggest mobile OS)
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