OneDrive users - Get 100GB for a year if you are Dropbox users

[ozaz]

With that said, I'm glad I have a 256GB SP3, some people were espousing a smaller model because you can store all your data on the OneDrive and then pull down what you need. If this ability is removed they'll be having issues.

Somewhat counter-intuitively, I've read somewhere that placeholders actually create a problem with devices with low storage. If you have a huge amount of content in OneDrive, but a device with little storage (e.g 16-32GB tablet), the placeholders alone could take up your entire local storage and effectively cripple the device. A solution to this is to return to basic selective sync.

 

[maflynn]

Somewhat counter-intuitively, I've read somewhere that placeholders actually create a problem with devices with low storage. If you have a huge amount of content in OneDrive, but a device with little storage (e.g 16-32GB tablet), the placeholders alone could take up your entire local storage and effectively cripple the device. A solution to this is to return to basic selective sync.

I can't answer to the validity of that (I'm not disagreeing, I just had not heard that before). One thing that I have seen though is people opting for smaller SurfacePros for the very reason that OneDrive can hold your data and its not needed to be stored locally. I had someone on a different board recommend to me a lower end unit for this very reason.

 

[spinedoc77]

Somewhat counter-intuitively, I've read somewhere that placeholders actually create a problem with devices with low storage. If you have a huge amount of content in OneDrive, but a device with little storage (e.g 16-32GB tablet), the placeholders alone could take up your entire local storage and effectively cripple the device. A solution to this is to return to basic selective sync.

Or just simple toggle to turn placeholders off. I know this adds a level of complexity to the service, but at the same time do we need to dumb everything down for everyone?

 

[Fontane]

As an Office365 user, I'm liking the amount of space they give us (unlimited). Not sure I can transition my workflow to OneDrive yet, though. Microsoft definitely has to earn that trust (based on some past bad decisions).

I do, however, wish they would update their awful off-colored icon for OS X.