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Skydrive, Dropbox apps: slowing down system?
Thirith
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I've started using cloud services such as Skydrive and Dropbox more extensively, not least because I'm currently working two jobs, doing a lot of work from home, and it's an improvement over having everything on USB drives. I've mainly been doing this via the services' browser portals rather than using the service apps on my computers at home and at work because I've been trained to have as few active services on my profiles as possible.
However, I'm now thinking that perhaps this is old-fashioned and the apps have little to no impact on how well the computers work. Can any of you tell me whether there's much of an impact on a system's performance if they've got the Skydrive or Dropbox app running in the background, synchronising folders and files? If there is, e.g. if the system stutters every now and then because it's synchronising data while I'm playing, I'll stick to using the browser portals. Otherwise, though, it would be much more practical to install the apps and access synchronised folders as if they were regular network folders shared across the computers.
However, I'm now thinking that perhaps this is old-fashioned and the apps have little to no impact on how well the computers work. Can any of you tell me whether there's much of an impact on a system's performance if they've got the Skydrive or Dropbox app running in the background, synchronising folders and files? If there is, e.g. if the system stutters every now and then because it's synchronising data while I'm playing, I'll stick to using the browser portals. Otherwise, though, it would be much more practical to install the apps and access synchronised folders as if they were regular network folders shared across the computers.
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Also, if you have a modern PC with a recent OS (Vista, 7 or 8), you shouldn't waste your time worrying about processes. Multicore machines with vast oceans of RAM and smart OSs can deal with all that on their on. Messing around with startup processes and shit like that is more trouble than benefit.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
I really don't feel I'm getting any discernible slowdown from having them. Then again, I synchronize only a small amount of data.