I wonder how Chrome handles USB drives? My guess is Chrome users
will use them for storage as often as not. I don't have the sense from
what I read Google has altogether resolved the issue of local apps. I
suspect users will have options in the end to install some local productivity
apps.

The "cloud" is here whether we like it or not. I know one admin at the
local library who backs up everything to web storage as he frequently
'flips' OS's on his laptop. He turned me onto Linux Mint as a matter of
fact. I've got a lot of users primed to dump Windows for a number of
reasons (viruses and more viruses).

The "cloud" has obvious issues to me though. One: bandwidth. While
it is true the world is being wired fiber-optically, I see sites EVERY week
that soak up every packet. Ha!, I used to think DSL was the end all.
Two: security. How much of your chit do you want sitting on someone
else's server, subject to data mining (or who knows what)?

It'll be interesting, that's for sure.