Windows XP (full) loading takes about 40 seconds up to 1 minute (OS + antivirus + firewall + special search program + indexing program + USB ejecting program + clipboard + HDD monitoring).
Do you think, that waiting for 1-2 minute is too long?
I like dropbox, but use rapidshare.com and uploading.com. Why? My connection is fast enough (for small and middle files) on this two hostings. Is the hosting problem so serious for you, guys and girls? You have 256-512-1024 etc. etc. speed and you are not satisfied?.. Hm...
P.S. sometimes it's difficult for newbie to download files from RapidShare.com due to this requirements:
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