Week 1 581

I enjoyed our first class and discussing our first memories of computers. It seems that we live in a world now where without the computer civilization as we know it would come to an end. I also really enjoyed the video that we watched in class. I found it very interesting and it made me think about computers a little bit differently. At the time the video was produced I did not own or use a computer (with the exception of at school). In fact the first computer I purchased was with my wife in October 2006 and it was a MAC. Prior to that I was either given a laptop with my job, or used my roommates computers. I must say that I am very unaware of how computers work. I knew prior to this class that they ran off millions of "on" and "off" switches and that silicon was the element that made all of the electrical impulses possible. However, beyond that the inner workings were a mystery to me. I feel far more comfortable poking around under the hood of my car then under the hood of a computer. Today for the first time I poked around the inner working of a computer. I was surprised at the overall simplicity of such a complex machine. Everything had a place and was very well organized and very easy to find. However, this is where the simplicity stopped. Each of the major components were extremely complicated and unbelievably small. The central processor being the most impressive with it's small size. I look foreword to learning more about how computers are actually but together.