Knowing how to use a computer and how one works are two completely opposite things! I have found over the last two weeks with trying to get into computers, how they are built, how they start up, how to adapt their operating systems, and even how to protect them, that there really is a lot I do not know. The work I have done alone and with my team has been both eye opening and has put me in my place. I have a lot of time at the key board of a computer, but I really have never set one up or really tinkered with it. I merely run the programs I need. If it does not work, pass it off to someone who can fix it.
The course of how computers works is really holding up to its name. I still admit that I know very little when it comes to the workings of the computers. But there is a lot of things a person can learn on the internet. When I wanted to learn how to take apart I googled it. It gave me tips on how to do it, what screws to loosen, and even gave the tip to lay things out in the way that they are put together.
I may not know much when it comes to how a computer works, but what I can say is that I have more than tripled my knowledge over the past two weeks. I am sure that it will continue to grow as I learn more about operating systems and how to install them. The great part about computers is you can try one thing and if it does work as you like try another. Give it a shot, try one out, and make it run like you want it to. You may just learn something along the way!
Below is a link to the presentation I created about Antivirus. It was my first attempt at an "online" presentation.
http://content.presentationengine.com/ieViewer.php?tid=183803
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
My Computer History
Growing up I was lucky enough to work with many different computers. In elementary school there was a computer lab with 15 computers and we were able to play Oregon Trail and various typing programs. The first work I ever typed on a computer was supposed to be "as." Unfortunately I was not very smooth with the keys at the time and I added an extra "s" to the word and as my 1st grade report card tells, I did not have the use of the computers for the next three weeks.
That trail and error with computers seems to have been the overall feeling with how I have lived with them for the last 20 years. Moving away from the early computers where the keyboard was attached right to the modem, and you you had to put in you big floppy disks. We then moved into the 3 1/2 inch disk, various new graphics. All the time, I was never lucky enough to work with a Mac. This was mostly due to the fact that my Aunt worked for Microsoft, and my father was/is an I.T. man for a retirement company. My early use with computers was very limited to the P.C. as those were their operating systems. As I got into and through high school we were still on the P.C., where the towers were on the floor next to the desk. By this time we were using many of the removable/transportable hard drives. It was a transformation that we moving to the more and more mobile computers. As I entered into college I did get my first laptop which was a Toshiba. A very simple machine for a simple minded person. It worked for the most part, and when it would malfunction, I would send it to my father to fix. Although it was mobile, it did not stay that way for long. The battery was shot after about 9 months and I could not afford to buy a new one. Thus I was stuck working within reach of an outlet/power source. Finally, after graduation I earned a job in Glendale where the school runs all Macs. It was a change for me, but I now am a proud owner of my own MacBook. Even after all of my years with the various P.C.s I would not leave my Mac. It is my new favorite and I plan to stay loyal until I find something I feel is better.
In coming from both the P.C. and now the Mac I have been lucky enough to run both types of operating systems. I have also seen the idea of mobility of storage and computers transform as the years pasted as well. I have seen both the positive and negative of the operating systems and I have learned many of the short cuts and system "cheats" from my my father and Aunt. They are to this day very loyal to their P.C.s, yet with no real connection to them it was easy for me to switch to the Mac. My father always told me if you want a computer to turn on and get to work, get a Mac. If you want a computer you can make do what you want, how you want, when you want, get a P.C.
To sum it all up, I guess the realization that no matter how in-depth you want to get into your computer, what programs you like, or even the overall general look of your computer there a lot of choices out there. Be careful though for as each day goes by we get new technology, and with that technology our operating systems change. Do some time and look into it. I have only been around for 25 short years but have seen changes from the "Green screen" typing to a computer that can fit into a manilla envelop!
That trail and error with computers seems to have been the overall feeling with how I have lived with them for the last 20 years. Moving away from the early computers where the keyboard was attached right to the modem, and you you had to put in you big floppy disks. We then moved into the 3 1/2 inch disk, various new graphics. All the time, I was never lucky enough to work with a Mac. This was mostly due to the fact that my Aunt worked for Microsoft, and my father was/is an I.T. man for a retirement company. My early use with computers was very limited to the P.C. as those were their operating systems. As I got into and through high school we were still on the P.C., where the towers were on the floor next to the desk. By this time we were using many of the removable/transportable hard drives. It was a transformation that we moving to the more and more mobile computers. As I entered into college I did get my first laptop which was a Toshiba. A very simple machine for a simple minded person. It worked for the most part, and when it would malfunction, I would send it to my father to fix. Although it was mobile, it did not stay that way for long. The battery was shot after about 9 months and I could not afford to buy a new one. Thus I was stuck working within reach of an outlet/power source. Finally, after graduation I earned a job in Glendale where the school runs all Macs. It was a change for me, but I now am a proud owner of my own MacBook. Even after all of my years with the various P.C.s I would not leave my Mac. It is my new favorite and I plan to stay loyal until I find something I feel is better.
In coming from both the P.C. and now the Mac I have been lucky enough to run both types of operating systems. I have also seen the idea of mobility of storage and computers transform as the years pasted as well. I have seen both the positive and negative of the operating systems and I have learned many of the short cuts and system "cheats" from my my father and Aunt. They are to this day very loyal to their P.C.s, yet with no real connection to them it was easy for me to switch to the Mac. My father always told me if you want a computer to turn on and get to work, get a Mac. If you want a computer you can make do what you want, how you want, when you want, get a P.C.
To sum it all up, I guess the realization that no matter how in-depth you want to get into your computer, what programs you like, or even the overall general look of your computer there a lot of choices out there. Be careful though for as each day goes by we get new technology, and with that technology our operating systems change. Do some time and look into it. I have only been around for 25 short years but have seen changes from the "Green screen" typing to a computer that can fit into a manilla envelop!
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