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getting into all this, advice please!

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  • 18-04-2009 3:53am
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    holystungun9
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    Hey everyone, I would appreciate all the replys that you can give. I have been living away for over a year now and have about a year left here in Ecuador. I am away from all my usual comforts and gadgets at home with the exception of my laptop which has been like my right hand. I have gone from being a very light user to using it for so much now (everything internet based anyhow). Now I want to learn all that I can and become much more tech savvy etc. I buy the Maximum PC magazine almost every month and I have hopes to build my own P.C. when I get home. I am curious to know what do all you other P.C. builders do? Is everyone here in the business and have degrees etc in I.T. and programming etc. Is anybody in a different industry and have learned all about this in their spare time as a hobby?
    Would it be worthwhile for me to do a P.C. Maintenance course on line like that offered by Kilroys College or is there a definitive Bible that I could start reading to learn about stuff, possibly a P.C. building for dummies or something. How did you all get started in this? Thanks so much.


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    seanybiker
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    Hobby for meself. Wouldnt be mad into it like some people. Probably cos I have feck all money lol but yeah I just picked it up over the years. Wouldnt be brilliant or anything


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    magick
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    Im with you their, i built mine many moons ago and loved it, and have been hooked since then, this forum is v helpful on most stuff, but for general help on parts/reviews, google rodney reynolds or 3dgameman and go to his site. The advice and reviews there are amazing (no im not rodney reynolds!). Normally i dont plug a site cos im a mean bast*rd but trust me on this one.

    it will help you get started


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    darealtulip
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    4 years ago I hated computers. My mother was then 72 and knew more about them then I did. She is teaching 'older people' (as she calls them!) to work on them. I got into it because my father in law build us a comp. Now I get more and more into it but it's a hobby. I upgrade on a regular basis and have 2 comps in the house plus a laptop.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    I have a degree in programming but most of the stuff I know about computers (all the non-programming stuff really) I more or less taught myself just through messing about and looking up stuff on line.


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