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First Application Software
Period of Time:Past
Main AdvantagesIt was very advanced for the time in which it was released
Advanatages:Upraded version of the software of the Apple 1, it was faster
Disadvantages:Very hogh price
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Apple I
Period of Time:Past
Main Characteristics:Should be build by the costumers or new owners, didn`t include a keyboard nor a monitor when sold at a price of $666.66, around 200 units were sold
Advantages:Could be personalized, you could by it the keyboard or monitor that best suited you, you could upgrade its memory to 48KB
Disadvantages:You had to spend even more in a keyboard and monitor after buying the Apple I and you needed time to build it by yourself -
Web 2.0 Tools
Period of Time:Present
Main Characteristics: They allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in a cosial media
Advantages:They embrace and help communication and team-work between the user of the internet who may or are not physically togethter
Disadvantages:They only work when or where the user has intenet connection -
Gadgets
Period of Time:Present
Main Characteristics:They are very simple and usefull, they arein transportable devices such as cellphones and laptops
Advantages:Access to internet, video calls, texting and other options tthat include the ability to communicate with others and gather usefull information
Disadvantages:Most of them require internet connection making it impossible to you to use them correctly if you don´t have one -
Apps
Period of Time:Present
Main Characteristics: Small disposal thast make the use of the gadgets and get to connect with the web 2.0 tools
Advantages:They can be used without the use of internet
Disdvantages:Once saved in a desktop, you need to save it in a USB or else you will not be able to open it in another device -
Cloud Computing
Period of Time:Present
Main Characteristics:Its the use of computing resources, hardware and software, that are deliveres as a service over a network, which usually is the Internet
Advantages:Very secure, improves the users ability to re-provision technological resources, its cheap,and enable the users access to systems using a web browser no matter where they are or which device they are using
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Current PC: Apple Mac Pro
Period of Time: 11 June, 2012 until today
Main Characteristics: One of the fastes and best models offered by Apple, can be installed with up to four 8GB cards of RAM, 5 USB ports, and up to 12 cores of processing power.
Advantages: Boosted performance and bandwith connection
Disadvantages: Its size and measurments don`t mske it transportable -
Smart Gadgets
Period of Time:Future
Main Characteristics:Clearly superior to its predescesors and will outstand for their new designs and the comfort they will give to their users
Advantages:They will be faster and better in most of the ways, have a better image, be revolutionary, and faster surfing on the internet for their owners
Disadvantages:They can fail or not be as good as expected, they could be sold with problems that could not be expected they go out to the market -
Web 3.0 Tools
Time Period:Future
Main Characteristics:They will be more connected, open and intelligent with semantic Web technologies and distributed databases
Advantages:They will have a better and faster communicatiion to internet, less loading times, and can be personalized by the users
Disadvantages: They make the user or owner vulnerable
