What is a computer? If you were to stop any random person on the street, and ask them the simple question, what is a computer? They would just smile, briefly chuckle, and continue on their way. Trust me, I have done that several times before, and spoiler alert, they all ended that way. I believe there are two reasons for this. The first, is that they know what a computer really is and think you are joking and therefore move on with their lives. The second, is that they don’t have a clue what a computer really is and try to hide this by pretending they do, and try to get away, as fast as they can. Either way the question is never answered, so, what is a computer? According to Dictionary.com, a computer is a programmable electronic device designed
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The answer to that goes all the way to my childhood. As a child, I took apart anything electronic, the only problem was I had no tools and my dad would never let me use his. However that never stopped me, I would pry open the casings at any cost. I often would injure myself, nothing major, just a few cuts and scrapes. Once I forced the casing off, it was like opening a treasure chest, the circuitry was like gold to me. To me, it looked like a tiny city, the circuits where the roads and the capacitors and transformers where buildings and skyscrapers. For some reason, I thought the circuits contained magic, and I desperately wanted to extract it. I never seemed to be able to …show more content…
The graphics cards were the easiest parts to install, I just put the cards into the slots, and pushed it in till I heard a click. The power supply slid into place and I screwed it down.
The last order consisted of a HDD and a SSD. These where installed the same, I attached a couple brackets to them and slid them into the hard drive housing, and plug them in. When I slid the second hard drive in, I knew I had successfully built my first computer.
I quickly plugged everything in, and pressed the massive power button, then my heart sunk, it didn’t turn on. I felt like I was going to vomit. I frantically searched to find the problem. I had made a huge novice mistake. Power supplies have a power switch on them and by default they are switched off, I had forgotten to switch it on. Once I switched it on, it roared with power, it sounded like a jet engine. The computer has a massive white steel case, blue LED lighting, and an acrylic side panel where you can see it all. Originally, it weighed about fifty pounds, but by “feeding” it new parts, it weighs about seventy pounds, which is massive when it comes to computers. I named it Snow, because it is as white as snow and runs at low
The answer to that goes all the way to my childhood. As a child, I took apart anything electronic, the only problem was I had no tools and my dad would never let me use his. However that never stopped me, I would pry open the casings at any cost. I often would injure myself, nothing major, just a few cuts and scrapes. Once I forced the casing off, it was like opening a treasure chest, the circuitry was like gold to me. To me, it looked like a tiny city, the circuits where the roads and the capacitors and transformers where buildings and skyscrapers. For some reason, I thought the circuits contained magic, and I desperately wanted to extract it. I never seemed to be able to …show more content…
The graphics cards were the easiest parts to install, I just put the cards into the slots, and pushed it in till I heard a click. The power supply slid into place and I screwed it down.
The last order consisted of a HDD and a SSD. These where installed the same, I attached a couple brackets to them and slid them into the hard drive housing, and plug them in. When I slid the second hard drive in, I knew I had successfully built my first computer.
I quickly plugged everything in, and pressed the massive power button, then my heart sunk, it didn’t turn on. I felt like I was going to vomit. I frantically searched to find the problem. I had made a huge novice mistake. Power supplies have a power switch on them and by default they are switched off, I had forgotten to switch it on. Once I switched it on, it roared with power, it sounded like a jet engine. The computer has a massive white steel case, blue LED lighting, and an acrylic side panel where you can see it all. Originally, it weighed about fifty pounds, but by “feeding” it new parts, it weighs about seventy pounds, which is massive when it comes to computers. I named it Snow, because it is as white as snow and runs at low