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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by andrewjshults on Thursday December 16, 2010 @11:59PM (#2015243)
Isn't this the first non-beta build to have selective sync? Beyond selective sync, the last big upgrade I remember was in the .7 version (iirc) that added LAN sync. I think for most users, the key features have been in the earliest builds. It's great to see a focus on speed and stability over adding new shiny toys.
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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by jolan on Friday December 17, 2010 @01:05AM (#2015403)
Selective sync is huge and was the last big hurdle between me paying for Dropbox.

My machines have different storage sizes and yes I do want to sync my 65GB of MP3s between some of them -- but not all.

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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by Hexstream on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:05PM (#2017545)
I never understood this sort of overblown digital hoarding attitude. Can you shed some light?
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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by jolan on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:31PM (#2017648)
Shed some light on the fact that I like music and listen to it while working?

What is an appropriate amount of music in your mind?

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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by jaxn on Friday December 17, 2010 @10:01PM (#2018755)
Music lives in the cloud too.

I have several well-defined Pandora stations. I listen to some other sources as well (WWOZ, bassdrive.com, etc).

I used to argue for hosting my own email, now I don't even "host" my own music.

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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by sid0 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @02:58AM (#2019132)
You're presuming an awful lot of things here.

* that one has a stable high-speed Internet connection.

* that one lives in a country where Pandora and other such services work.

* that the music one listens to can actually be found on Pandora and friends.

* for radio stations, that one likes or is ambivalent to not being in full control of the music one listens to.

* that one likes the web interface these services provide. I don't use a web interface for my e-mail, and I prefer foobar2000 for my music.

I have 40 GB of music (none of which is lossless, so there's a lot of it), a lot of which is relatively obscure (e.g. fewer than 500,000 plays for the artist on last.fm), and I don't see myself getting rid of any of it any time soon.

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Re:Dropbox hits 1.0 by Havoc on Friday December 17, 2010 @06:28PM (#2018306)
65gb of mp3s are more useful than 65gb of free space.
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