Local sync is of course the main need, and why we can't currently go the sharing route. Without sync, Skydrive is largely useless. For now, logging into the same account is ok. However, with Windows 8 tying into the live ID, it would be better if we each had our own separate logins, but had "family share" folders, for things like family documents and pictures. You can do that now, but the folders wouldn't sync.
Nobody has solved the "family sync" problem yet. Give me separate accounts for each member, but have a shared space that everyone accesses, with local sync, and the ability to manage some sort of shared quota system (I don't want to have to pay for 3 accounts x 50GB, would rather pay once for 100GB allocated my own way). Especially when you tie such a system to Xbox live, you can start to see how a family-based cloud approach would be a killer app.
Nobody has solved the "family sync" problem yet. Give me separate accounts for each member, but have a shared space that everyone accesses, with local sync, and the ability to manage some sort of shared quota system (I don't want to have to pay for 3 accounts x 50GB, would rather pay once for 100GB allocated my own way). Especially when you tie such a system to Xbox live, you can start to see how a family-based cloud approach would be a killer app.