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When I was a senior in high school, our last exam for our IT class was to open a system unit, disassemble its contents and to put them back together.

I could not remember anything more besides the magnetic screwdriver that we used and my crush not being a part of my group. Actually, I could not remember most of our IT classes but I am sure that our teacher taught us how to install Ubuntu in our computers and its many wonders. He also instructed us to order the OS from Switzerland (or Netherlands? I don't remember) as our final project. Mine did not reach our geographically afflicted abode.

Enough of that already. I just want to say that I really appreciate the lab session we had in our IT1 class. Comparing to my IT class in senior high, where my teacher taught us about the components inside the system unit 'theoretically', our instructor in the lab session provided us (per group) a set of system unit to make the class 'interactive'. Before discussing the functions of a certain component, she instructed us to take it out of the case and marvel on its power. The most interesting part for me was learning the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit, between dual core and quad core, what GHz means and the different Intel versions. After I went back to my apartment, I excitedly checked out my laptop's specifications and learned how insufficient it is for my 'watching needs' compared to the Samsung Series 7 Chronos Laptop I chose during our exercise.

I hope for more cool exercises in the future.

P.S. Whenever I move my laptop, strange lines appear and disappear on my monitor. A specialist said it was because of the graphics card, but I was not convinced. Is it really because of the graphics card or the LCD?