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In This Chapter

▶ Looking at the basic PC hardware

▶ Recognizing different types of PCs

▶ Perusing items on the console

▶ Locating PC connectors, holes, and jacks

▶ Using helpful symbols and colors

If I were to use one word to describe the typical PC design, that word would be uninspired. Face it: The PC is a box. It’s not aerodynamic or sleek or award-winning. No one will confuse a PC sitting on your desk with modern art. People in the year 2045 won’t hang posters of early 21st century PCs on their walls. Sad, but true.

Forgiving its utilitarian look, it’s important to identify some of the basic parts of a computer system, as well as know the purpose behind the many buttons, holes, nooks, and crannies that festoon the plain, dull tin can known as a PC.