Comments on: How to sync Dropbox with a Chromebook (it’ll cost you) http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/how-to-sync-dropbox-with-a-chromebook-itll-cost-you/ Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Eifert http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/how-to-sync-dropbox-with-a-chromebook-itll-cost-you/#comment-1322936 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:20:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602942#comment-1322936 have you looked into the chrome app ZeroPC Cloud. It might accomplish the sync you’re looking for without the cost

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/how-to-sync-dropbox-with-a-chromebook-itll-cost-you/#comment-1313979 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:01:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602942#comment-1313979 I think the chromebook cannot access network shares at all – no NAS, no shared folder on another PC. This is what’s keeping me from getting one. If I’m wrong please let me know…

]]> By: Ryan http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/how-to-sync-dropbox-with-a-chromebook-itll-cost-you/#comment-1313362 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:39:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602942#comment-1313362 To do so just increases your surface area of attack from the Bad Guys ™, and you are making one of your services mostly meaningless. The one reason of which I can think, that you would argue for this system, is because your business uses one and you use the other for personal files… let me guess Dropbox for work? The problem is that if you are doing it for that reason, a vulnerability exploiting either one of the services grants access. So if either service was a 1/2 chance of gaining access, you’ve now made it a 3/4 chance. If those were work documents, you’ve now made them even less secure.

]]> By: quickasfoxes http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/how-to-sync-dropbox-with-a-chromebook-itll-cost-you/#comment-1302018 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:45:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602942#comment-1302018 If you’re using both as free services, one option is to just place your Dropbox inside your Google drive folder. Redundant, for sure, but it makes all my dropbox items easily accessible on the Chromebook.

]]> By: Luscious http://gigaom.com/2013/01/21/how-to-sync-dropbox-with-a-chromebook-itll-cost-you/#comment-1301981 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:58:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=602942#comment-1301981 I’ve never been a fan of paid storage solutions like these because, while they do work, they never become viable long-term. And for the price of a Chromebook plus that $50 annual fee ($150+ over just 3 years), you could have purchased a normal 11.6″ notebook that doesn’t have the limitations of Chrome OS.

An inexpensive NAS does far more, being available for not just notebooks and netbooks, but slates and smartphones, both at home over wifi and while on-the-go using 3G/4G. It’s one reason why I’ve not bothered upgrading the hard drive capacity in my netbook or touching the microSD card in my smartphone, because with 6TB available to me via remote access I have no need to carry it along – it’s just there.

http://lgponthemove.blogspot.com/2012/11/accessory-corner-buffalo-linkstation.html

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