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The PC

The PC. The PC is a standard computing platform, built around a EISA bus (1988) IBM compatible “Intel Architecture” from Intel or AMD or other companies This architecture is immensely popular and runs many operating systems Windows Linux MacOS Many others.

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The PC

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  1. The PC • The PC is a standard computing platform, built around a EISA bus (1988) • IBM compatible • “Intel Architecture” from Intel or AMD or other companies • This architecture is immensely popular and runs many operating systems • Windows • Linux • MacOS • Many others Can be configured as desktop, laptop, server, graphics station, gaming station, high-end machines, “blades”,

  2. PC main Components • Components • Power Supply • Motherboard • CPU, Memory • IDE drives, hard and CD/DVD • PCI expansions slots, AGP expansion slots • “onboard peripheral controllers”- Ethernet- Memory cards- Audio- Ports

  3. Power Supply From “older” 2003 PC Power cables to many different parts of the PC

  4. Motherboard Peripheral connectors PCI slots CPU heatsink and fan AGP slot Memory slots Backup battery IDE disk drive connectors

  5. Video Card

  6. Storage components connectors Floppy drive DVD drive Hard drive (bottom view) Main memory (RAM or DRAM card) Drive ribbon cables

  7. Assembled Computer

  8. The hardware • The hardware components form a standard computer • Today all systems run on this standard computer • Then the operating system is loaded on the computer • The OS gives the computer a personality (look and feel, commands, functions) • The applications run “on the OS” and have to be tailored for the particular OS

  9. Installing Ubuntu • Ubuntu is a Linux “distro” or variant that is popular • We will step through a simple install using a “Live CD” • Live CD, is a bootable CD that: • Can be run stand alone, without install • Allows installing • Allows many configuring options • Includes a MS-Office clone (Open Office) and many applications

  10. Boot it and you see: We pick this

  11. Then we get this screen We can use Ubuntu and its applications now, but it is not installed To install, click here

  12. Language selection

  13. Time zone

  14. keyboard

  15. First user account

  16. Select disk drive

  17. Create partition in disk

  18. Ready to install

  19. Install and Done Click here

  20. documentation

  21. There is much more • Configuring applications and system parameters • Device drivers • Administering, installing and managing the system • The software is complex, large and is really what makes the computer work

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