Google Apps - taking the plunge

Google has recently unleashed a torrent of online applications which aim to supplant desktop office suites (like the incredibly bloated and over-priced Microsoft Office Professional 2007, of which I am a supporter - can't you tell?). With Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Gmail, Google Talk, Google Page Creator, Picassa, and a slew of other tools, you can now do just about everything from your browser, and save your hard disk for photos, music, ebooks, porn, or whatever your little heart desires.

Sounds brilliant, right?

Well, maybe.

Wired News editor Michael Calore went cold turkey, dropping his desktop apps and going exclusively with the Google online suite. He's got some good things to say, but it isn't all beer and skittles.

By the way, I'm posting from Google Docs & Spreadsheets for the past week or so. Word 2007 has a blogging feature, but it works for crap with Blogger (a Google product, go figure). So I thought a Google online app ought to be fairly seamless with another Google service. I'm going to stick with it for a while, because I think it will eventually work and some of my problems may be operator error, but right now, I have to tell you, NOT THAT GREAT. In fact, pretty darn frustrating.