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.
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I am glad to hear that your confidence grew. Keeping up with the changes in hardware can be daunting, especially of you step away from it for awhile. I wonder how we'll present this material once we're all using iPads. You did a great job, Shawn, and good luck with the rest of the course!
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