Anyone with experience using Google Drive to store files (spreadsheets)?

[pierrelebel]

Today I learned of a free service offered by Google called Google Drive where users can save files such as spreadsheets and update them as needed, eliminating the need to back up or save to flash drive.

Anyone here with actual experience using that program?

[jean-philippe.vert]

You also have Skydrive from Microsoft. Every hotmail/outlook.com users have it free for the first few GB. I don't remember exactly something around 7 GB. Very convenient to use but you still need to have a backup somewhere, just in case.

[recped]

I use it for a few things where collaborations are involved, basically where I enter data in a spreadsheet which others then access and use for their own systems.

I haven't done much more than as a casual user but I suppose you can do whatever you want that you can do with Google Docs. I have only used it on my own desktop but Drive should be accessible via any browser with an internet connection.

[pocomocomputing]

Dropbox was one of the first offering free online storage.

Story of Dropbox is here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_%28service%29

It is simple to use as it is just a virtual hard drive on your computer. Many business use it for larger amounts of storage but they pay for it. You get 2 GB for your free Dropbox account but if you meet their promos (get others to sign up), you can get up to 10 GB.

I use it to store some documents and photos as backup. I prefer Dropbox over Google Drive and Microsoft Skydrive. No real reason other than it was the first I tried.