Basically, I try to avoid the 'cloud' as much as I can. 'Cloud' is good for backing up your passworded/encrypted files (in case someone breaks into your house and steals your hardware). Even then, I do this from within a browser at my own choosing, not some 'cloud' automated service running in the background. Other than that... Can you imagine how stupid 'cloud' computing actually is? Most people have their internet bandwidth capped on a monthly basis. Good luck with that and people's concern about their privacy storing their whole setup and private lives online, which may be accessible by virtually anyone! There's a reason why we have cheap USB pen drives --- so people can go from computer to computer and still have access to their files... offline! So, let's see... afford 3-4 USB pen drives/year (or pay a one-time offline software cost) versus pay the same recurring annual dollar subscription for some 'cloud' service I don't really need... Personally, I don't think 9 will be as successful as 7 (b/c seven ate/eats nine --- 7, 8, 9)! This might be pre-ordained as people pretty much hate Modern-anything UI 1.0. So, I don't see how ver 2.0 will change people's mind! The way I see it, Windows X, XI will then be purely be based on 'cloud' and will be close to the end of Microsoft. Then, they backpedal and get reborned/get it right again with Windows 12 offline-edition-only! IMHO just a little speculation on my part, I'd LOL if anything like that ever happened!