<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">For what you want, though, my recommendation is to find a friend (or<br>several) who's a true computer geek, loves talking about computers, and
<br>has tons of parts around the house, so you can get one-on-one<br>instruction with hands-on experience (and current information straight<br>off the 'net). I really think you'll get much more.</blockquote><div>
<br>I plan on having a friend or two help me out with this, since I don't want to mess something up and ruin something that might be expensive. However, I would also like to become fairly knowledgable about this area. I'm majoring in Computer Science and Engineering, and right now I'm very strong in the software area, but not very strong in the hardware area. I've taken Circuits, Electronics, Digital Logic, Assembly Language, Computer Organization, etc., so I understand how computers work at their most fundamental level, but I think it would also be good for me to know how computers work at their highest level (IE building them, understanding the different components, brands, options, etc.)
<br><br>Sorry to start this debate. Everyone here just seems to be knowledgable about everything related to computers, and while I resorted to Google at first, none of the numerous results I read answered my questions.<br>
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