I vote no to cloud services. Period.

The net is getting too congested as it is now and is unreliable just in connectivity let alone relying on somebody else's server. Yep, uploading larger JPEG's when the pipes are already full would be a lot of fun -not.

I would much prefer a home based Terminal Server setup. Maybe as an extension of M$ new Home Server product, maybe not.

Wireless thinclients are just starting to emerge on the market. Make it a tablet version and then issue one to everyone in the house.

Not for the serious gamers but I bet for almost everybody else, it would work just fine.

Pared with a version of a media server, then you've got it all. Office app's, photo editing, movies, music and maybe TV if you can find something worth watching.

Well, mostly all.

You could order your pizza but it won't answer the door for you.