Analysts at Gartner believes that by 2014, cloud environment will be the center of our digital lives, to some extent replacing the conventional personal computers.
Smart phones, Tablet PCs, laptops, all sorts of consumer electronics - all these devices can have access to the same client data stored in the cloud. The PC will continue to be a means of access to personal data. The user is able to work with the stored in the cloud data, constantly moving and changing from one device to another.
Note that the concept is promoted by Google chrombook, where the role of operating system are the Chrome OS and browser of the same name, is not widely recognized. Notebooks based on Chrome OS are manufactured by Acer and Samsung companies. However, the situation may change with the development of high-speed network interfaces. Sony company , according to leaks is also preparing to release a chrombook.
Amazon Kindle Fire - the second most popular after Apple iPad tablet, also makes extensive use of cloud environment. Capacity of its own solid-state memory device is limited to 8 GB. Users will need to store personal data on remote servers .