computer knowledge???????

[sao95]

what's the best way to expand the little bit of knowledge i have of computers, I want to get more into the nuts and bolts of it without going to school, any books you'd recommend? any other forums? etcetera........

[butch81385]

my best advice(and where i learned most of my stuff) is just asking questions here and doing things first hand. i have heard of many books that are good, but i still believe first hand experience and personal conversations to be the best tool to learn with

[shawshank62]

read the forums and ask questions if you dont understand....look at everything...overclocking, video cards, general tech, etc.

you will learn a lot.

[Army2001]

Yeah, I would have to agree with butch on that. Books only show you what to do while hands on experience actually lets you do it.

[DallasDon]

Just keep reading the forum, learn to search for solutions using Google, and add to favorites some of the more interesting links you come across.

like this one or this one

or maybe Windows help or Windows tweaks

Hope this helps

[zepper]

PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed. is a good one. The Big Basic Book of PCs is another - it's out of print, but you can find it in the remainders bins at the big book stores and CompUSA or get it on amazon or ebay.
. I just got a copy of Leo Laporte's Technology Almanac for 2003. It has a lot of tidbits that would take forever to collect on your own. Border's Books is blowing it out at half price or less. It will be a long while before the info in it goes stale.
. Apparently there is a pocket of anti-intellectualism on this forum. Books are great for preventing one from making mistakes that have been made before by others and for assimilating new knowledge in a concentrated form. It's just a matter of finding books whose author's knowledge and opinions are greater and of more value than one's own. Trouble is, they seem to let just any t, d and h write books theses days - and they even pay them for it?!? Just learn the difference between information and knowledge and you will do all right in choosing books. What you are looking for is knowledgs as you admit to currently lacking the tools to process info in this field into knowledge yourself. Keep at it and it will come.
.bh.