"I found this mostly worked with photos of famous places or people Google has collected via its Google Goggles product," he said. "Google Drive failed to find images with generic file names on almost all of my own pictures, even when they included things like mountains or other common objects."

And finally, noted that Google Drive was far more targeted toward the enterprise than anyone had expected. Among other things, Google Drive features centralized management tools that let IT departments manage data through their Google Apps control panel, encryption for data sent from browsers to Google cloud servers and data replication that ensures users will have access to data even if one of Google's major data centers goes down.

"That consumery-feature appeal has a shirt and tie on ... or at least a polo shirt and khakis, as it is being pitched as part of Google Apps for Business," he said. "Google Drive's appeal to small and medium-size businesses seems clear."