Where'd you learn so much about computers?

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vonfeldt7

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I was looking at a thread from someone who was planning on building their own computer and while I was reading along I realized that he didn't have a clue what he was talking about (which is fine, we all start somewhere) and then it kinda dawned on me...I've learned a lot over the past year...how?

It's simple thread...how did you learn what you know about computers? Books, School, Internet, a friend/family, etc. and how long ago did you start learning (approximation).

For me...it's just been the internet...I'm not really sure if I could say one specific site or anything (with the exception of CF) but overtime I've just slowly learned more and more...especially the last year..when I started "researching" before I bought my Dell (I obviously didn't research hard enough, because I bought a Dell).

Anyways, share your stories.
 
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Well, I taught myself, also it was a school project for me, to build a computer.

But I joined a forum, didn't like it, and joined this forum, and this is where I started learning and stuff. I also read some books.

Started around October, last year.
 
i wanted a nice computer and didnt want to get shafted by the big manufacturers. so i bought a 200 dollar emachine and started upgrading it part by part and now i have the system in my sig. all that remains from the emachine is the keyboard and the HDD. id spend a week reading about RAM, then purchase and install it, then same thing with video card etc
 
Same with me, 1 year ago I knew squat shit about anything computer related. So I joined here, educated myself on the wikipedia, hands on, read textbooks, A+, things like that.
 
I started learning about 7 or 8 years ago on our first windows 95 computer that was a POS. It was broke more than it was useable and I would take it apart and tinker with things to figure our how they worked. Over the past year ive been a member here though, I have learned so much more than I ever though possible! I owe a lot to the men and women here!
 
I am currently a CST (computer support technician) major so I get the basics from school, but I probably learn more from "getting my hands dirty." I spent three months as an intern at a local company and learned a ton. I spend alot of time building and tweaking my personal computers (6 and counting) and network.

I also enjoy the forums because I get exposure to a variety of problems. It gives me a chance to make help someone to work through their problem, and maybe help them along the way.

By the way this is a great thread!
 
I built computers. And checked out 25 or so books at my public library that I never finish anyways. Truthfully, this forum helps alot. Keeps you up to date. Last year, I barely know about GFX's. This year, I can list almost the whole Nvidia line :)

GO CF :waveflag:
 
My dad gave me an old PIII about 3 years ago. At the time it was a POS so i went to bestbuy and got an ati 9200 for it. Then i upgraded the ram, etc. Then i sold it a built a new computer from scratch. The first time i started to learn about computers was from an old celeron 466mhz that got a virus and was given to me for free. This was when i was 9, so 8 years ago.
 
Iunno really, when I was younger I was all into this whole hacking and cracking phase so I learned about that and did some pretty stupid stuff that got me into trouble with the law and stuff I shouldn't be doing so then I got into the legit parts and I started to learn how to protect instead of cause trouble with and then I came here and started learning a lot from other members about hardware and all and now I love all this sorta stuff.

I got so caught up in this and a couple other computer forums that I forgot all about the whole hacking cracking etc thing and I don't remember a thing because of these forums which is sort of a good thing.

Ive asked a lot of questions on here, to many probably but atleast it's paying off.
 
I worked at a computer shop I learned alot from there and I learned a good bit of stuff from here to :D
 
I started poking around when I was in was in grade school and became very interested sometime in middle school. One day, I was in the computer lab, and while the other kids were playing Oregon Trail on monochrome screens, I was in the back on the *so brand new the school could only afford one* Apple IIGS playing with stuff I shouldn't have been playing with :D A few days later I was staying after school waiting for a friend, walked by the dark supposed-to-be-locked computer lab and just for fun tried opening the door...

...next thing you know I had the IIGS in parts on the floor praying I had enough mechanical knowledge to put it back together while at the same time thinking of a reason why I was in the room in the first place, and with the taxpayers money in pieces nonetheless in case I got caught:cool:

That did it for me, made me want to learn all I could. And yeah, I was able to get everything nice again and the school was none the wiser ;)
 
Well actually at school i studied Electronics, but after that i dropped it and moved into computers, i was uemployed for 1½ years so i started attended classes (paid by my parents) both hardware and OS. After that i got employed with an IT department, doing support/networking/hardware,installation and stuff.
learned a lot of stuff and today i do all of the above on my own except sometimes i have a hard time with printers ..lol
 
most of the stuff i learned about computers i learned via trial and error.
mainly to see what would really happen if i did something that was 'supposed' to not work.

i did end up taking a microsoft certification course a few years ago. never went threw with it though (was a really good way to waste 14k that i didn't have). only way i could describe that experience was to try and forget all you know about computers and relearn it there way.

turns out, most of the time the books/courses are often either wrong or have less efficient or harder ways of doing things.

it tends to really get interesting when debating with somebody who learned via books and courses since the stuff learned via trial and error is often drastically different. the course teachers learned fast to try and avoid getting into debates with me since i'd use the computer i was at to pretty much prove them wrong in front of the whole class each time :P
 
i got suspended in 6th grade cause i told my principal i hated him so much i wanted to shoot him...out of school suspension for a month, and my mom took my TV away, and all i had was a busted P1 166MHz computer in the closet.
needless to say, i fixed it, and that spawned my obsession :P
alot of my knowledge came from trial and error (mostly error in the beginning, mind you :D), and the rest came from this amazing forum.
props to everyone:)
especially Kornowski and INTELCRAZY, who have always been diligent in at least saying "i have no idea" in my posts :P
i love you guys :D
 
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