Iomega v.Clone - Portable Apps Meet Virtual PC & Backups FTW

Finally, someone puts heaven in a box with a USB cord. What could very likely revolutionize desktop support and corporate computing has arrived with the Iomega v.Clone. It's 1 part Virtual Privacy machine, allowing you to work in a virtual shell on a foreign computer with very reduced risk of having personal information captured of comprised on the temporary machine. The software also contains security that should keep most meddlers at bay. Another version will be released on a fully encrypted drive.

1 part Portable Application, with the ability to take all of your installed programs and your desktop (exactly the way you like it) with you wherever you go. No registering, downloading, dealing with pop ups or other annoyances that you encounter any time you borrow a computer. We will probably still use 99% PortableApps.com software on principle, but for some things there's just not a portable substitute.

1 part laptop replacement, get your office to buy one, work at home on a duplicate of your office computer and come back to the office and your work from home will be automatically sync'd to your work machine when you start up. All this without having to lug around a laptop and power supply. No more clumsy docking and undocking.

1 part ultimate backup solution, with this you always have a near perfect mirror of your main computer. If anything happens to one or the other you have instant access to a perfect replacement (up to the time of your last synchronization).

PC hardware has gotten so cheap that it is almost cheaper to replace the laptop/desktop at the first sign of any problem than to spend the tech support hours to try and fix it. The Iomega v.Clone will have you up and running in minutes as long as you can find a new piece of metal to attach to. Storage Giant EMC owns VMWare and it says a lot for partnering with stalling Iomega to host the hardware. The v.Clone devices should command some premium but there's a good chance that it will not be much more than high end USB hard drives cost now. The addition of USB 3.0 is the only piece "missing" that could make this a very viable everyday work companion. Video demo after the jump.