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		javajosh on Feb 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Chromebook Pixel Totally dig hosted IDEs. I think it's the way of the future. But why do you need a powerful computer to use them? How does it help? I'm genuinely asking.

seanmcdirmid on Feb 22, 2013 [–]

The display...and your hosted IDEs don't do all their processing on a remote host. I believe a lot of the compilation/interpretation/services are provided locally via JavaScript.

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