#Chrome book notational velocity software#

Speaking of Chromebooks, we revisit the idea of cloud-based computing and what it means for clients.We discuss other major transitions that have been made, such as AppleвЂ™s switch from PowerPC to Intel CPUs, and more recently and also not yet complete, Carbon to Cocoa. NET, which officially means that so many classic Microsoft foundations and toolkits could be no longer supported. Microsoft is going to be encouraging developers to transition to develop for Metro using solely. Wondering about tablets leads us to discussing the future of Windows.And what about a Chromebook? A laptop that is almost completely Web-based? Super User has chosen to consider these as computers. The Super User Stack Exchange site has decided that smart phones and tablets are not a computer, and are off topic for their site. In recent years however, Apple officially changed their company name to вЂњApple Inc.вЂќ, we talk about how best to classify all these new phones and tablets, and what exactly makes something a computer. Also within the biography was very detailed information of how Steve Jobs chose the name: вЂњApple Computer Co.вЂќ, and more specifically, how it stuck.He shares his interests, comparisons, and one of his favorite parts, where Steve Wozniak created a device to create вЂsnowвЂ™ on analog TVs and used it to mess with his fellow students. Steve JobsвЂ™ biography was released last week, and Jason has read the first several chapters of the book.Kyle and Nathan always try to explain why a flag has been declined. If you see something bad, please flag it! And if we decline your flag, donвЂ™t take that to mean that you should stop flagging. Concerning flagging, note that the moderators canвЂ™t review every question on the site, but we do review every flag.We encourage our users to edit the question (if possible), vote to close, or flag these questions. Back-and-forth troubleshooting is not a good fit for SE.

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#Chrome book notational velocity software#

We encourage our users to вЂseedвЂ™ the site with questions that people are likely to have after a major software or hardware release. On the heels of iOS 5, iCloud, and the iPhone 4S, visits have gone way up! We hope to see similar increases after future Apple updates. Starting with some site news, Ask Different has seen record traffic lately.Your hosts this week are Kyle Cronin, Jason Salaz, Nathan Greenstein. This is the seventeenth episode of the Ask Different Podcast.