From the course: Computer Literacy for Mac
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What's inside a computer? - macOS Tutorial
From the course: Computer Literacy for Mac
What's inside a computer?
- [Instructor] When it comes to figuring out how capable your computer is, whether you're shopping around for a new computer, or if you've received a hand-me-down computer for worker at home, you'll most likely want to know three things. How large is the hard drive, how much RAM is installed, and how fast is the processor? Now, a lot of people who aren't familiar with computers have trouble understanding these three terms and what they mean in terms of what the computer is capable of. So let's take a look at an analogy. So this is a hard drive. Your computer's hard drive sometimes is also referred to as a hard disk. It's basically the computer storage device. You'll rarely see it out in the open like this since it's an internal device, but this is what one looks like. Think of the hard drive as a filing cabinet where everything on your computer is stored, from programs to documents, to videos. Basically, anything that's stored on your computer is stored on the hard drive. Now, this is…
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