Before taking this course, I have always thought of myself as being pretty tech-savvy and pretty geeky, too. That being said, a lot of my friends are way geekier. This course helped me catch up to their level of geekiness.
I was familiar with many of the parts of a computer, but now I am definitely more confident with what they do and how they work together. This class totally demystified building your own computer. I feel I could probably do that now by going back and watching the video Dave had posted about doing it, along with re-watching all of the student made videos.
Up until now, I also kind of assumed that you couldn't home build a Mac, for whatever reason. That I see now isn't true. Not to mention the plethora of other operating systems available. While I tried a couple out, I still think I will stick with the two major OSs until another system like Unbuntu becomes a mainstream choice, more so than it is now.
Overall, this class has filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge. It was like pouring sand in the cracks of your driveway. I learned more about anti-virus protection and data-protection, adding to what I already knew. Overall, I think the information I learned in this course will carry over to other technological decisions I need to make in the future, providing me with a better decision making process based more on my understanding vs. basing it all on reviews I have read.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Class #4 Parts is Parts
This class was really interesting for me. While I've always kinda known what parts of a computer do in a very general sense, I still always felt as though they were still too confusing. Now that is a different story.
Now I feel as though I might actually be able to go out and make my own computer. It will be more of a hassle but is looking to be more of a challenge I may want to take on in the future.
The presentations about each component, along with the video by Dave on how to build a PC has made it look a lot easier than I once first thought. I've had friends who've made them, but they're also complete computer nerds.... so "easy" for them doesn't necessarily equate "easy" for me.
I also completed the anti-virus research and the data back up plan in time for this class. Those two assignments were very enlightening. As a Mac user, I still need to worry about viruses, but not to the Nth degree like PC users. However, as we Mac users get more and more mainstream, we have to start looking out for ourselves. But, then again, a little common sense goes a long way in preventing viruses.
I don't have a lot to comment on this time, as my comments will be left with the presentations. But this was one of the best classes for me. I just may have to make myself a computer one of these days.
(I wonder how much cheaper or better it works out to be?)
Now I feel as though I might actually be able to go out and make my own computer. It will be more of a hassle but is looking to be more of a challenge I may want to take on in the future.
The presentations about each component, along with the video by Dave on how to build a PC has made it look a lot easier than I once first thought. I've had friends who've made them, but they're also complete computer nerds.... so "easy" for them doesn't necessarily equate "easy" for me.
I also completed the anti-virus research and the data back up plan in time for this class. Those two assignments were very enlightening. As a Mac user, I still need to worry about viruses, but not to the Nth degree like PC users. However, as we Mac users get more and more mainstream, we have to start looking out for ourselves. But, then again, a little common sense goes a long way in preventing viruses.
I don't have a lot to comment on this time, as my comments will be left with the presentations. But this was one of the best classes for me. I just may have to make myself a computer one of these days.
(I wonder how much cheaper or better it works out to be?)
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