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Week 2 Posting - Windows

Watching the video provided for this week, Microsoft Windows: Entire History in 3 Minutes, I was interested in seeing and looking back on some Windows versions. I was nostalgic when I saw Windows XP and Vista because I used both versions at school and at my mom's job. When I was younger, from age 5 to 10, I lived in Brazil, and at that time, kids in school would have IT classes to learn the basics of a computer. Our computers at school would use these versions of Windows XP or Vista. I remember when Windows 7 came out, its updates, and new add-ons. However, I also remember there were some complications as well. For example, upgrading from Windows XP to 7 was complex, and many applications failed. New users at the time did not like Windows 7 and would return to XP since it was easier and cheaper. Windows has improved ever since, but sometimes I do end up having some issues when there are updates for Windows, especially on an older version of an HP laptop, for example.  

Week 1 Posting - Introduction

 Hello everyone. My name is Georgia, and this is my last year of university. I am pursuing a bachelor's degree of Science in IT and would like to acquire a master's degree, but I am still deciding which field to study. I fell in love with IT, or technology in general, ever since I could understand what a massive machine with different buttons, screen, keyboard, components, and mouse could do. Being a 90s baby, I remember growing up with no phones; how TVs changed, computers, laptops, and wow, it is fascinating to see how much technology has progressed in the last couple of years. My first computer was a Dell desktop. I am trying to remember the exact model, but it is the 2009 version. I got it as a birthday gift. I remember we only had cable internet connected to one computer in the house, while the other computer (mine and my sister's) did not have internet. Wi-Fi was not what it is today, of course, so it was expensive and complicated to put internet for all computers, bu