<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Desktops seem to be fading fast.<div><br></div><div>Mostly you find all-in-one computers these days, plus laptops/notebooks and tablets.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems the only people interested in discrete computers are gamers who want to be able to constantly upgrade individual components.</div><div><br></div><div>That’s not to say there isn’t a ton of hardware around. Just that the market is shrinking fast.</div><div><br></div><div>These days, everything is connected by SATA, USB, Firewire, HDMI, and WiFi, rather than backplanes and ribbon cables.</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>-David </div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span>
</div>
<br><div><div>On Oct 19, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Stephen M <<a href="mailto:smelheim85@gmail.com">smelheim85@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I'm trying to diversify myself so I can add things on my resume. I have never been into hardware but trying to understand it. I was planning on getting a computer or two from goodwell, break it apart and reassemble it. And I am looking for volunteering like at a library to help non-techie ppl.<br><br></div>Does anyone else have suggestions on hardware to know. I'm not looking for something specific but a general understanding of computer hardware.<br><br></div>Thanks to all in advance.<br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br>Stephen Melheim <br>602-400-7707<br><a href="mailto:SMelheim85@gmail.com">SMelheim85@gmail.com</a>
</div></div>
---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br><a href="http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>