Strick's Ramblings

Going to high school in the mid 90s, computers wasn't as modern as they were today. Our school was 97% Macintosh, 2% Apple IIE, 1% PC. These were the old Mac II's I believe. There was only 1 PC that had a modem and hooked to a phone line, so I stayed in that room. Since then, I didn't look back and over the years seemed to forget about the Apple OS. Over the past couple of years, I noticed an increase in Mac purchases. Many friends who were tired of spyware and viruses, made the move away from Windows to the Apple world.
Everyone always asks me for help with their computers when things go south; 100% of which are all PC issues. Never had an issue with Apple. Recently posted an ad on Craigslist asking if anyone had an old MAC computer they wanted to get rid of. One person responded, stating that he could install OS X on my PC. I had heard about this some time ago, ago and hadn't yet gave it a shot. So, last week I installed OS X on an older Dell GX270 (P4). Seems to be working nicely. The whole purpose of this is to learn a new OS in an attempt to broaden my knowledge in the IT world. Although I'm sure in the corporate world, Apple doesn't quite have the grip that Microsoft has.

Recently finished my degree, and have started studying for my A+ certification.  While finishing up my degree, I discovered that the Air Force will pay $4500 dollars to take classes for certifications.  Further research revealed that the Air Force offered free training CBT’s (Computer Based Training).  These CBT’s cover A+ and Network + just to cover a few.  My goal is to be certified on A+, Network+ and Security+ prior to me getting out of the Military in 4 years.  The only thing the Air Force will not pay for is the test fee’s.

Ahhh... I'm thinking about loading the latest Sabayon Linux on these... Luckily they're double sided/double density!!!...

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Although I never used an acoustic coupler, I do remember the 300 baud modem I first had with my Commodore... all the good 'ole days.... When I got my 14.4k baud modem and an IBM... you couldn't tell me nothing.

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Anyway, was going through the stuff I have here in storage here in VA. I really need to clean out the closets... I picked up the Commodore cartridges somewhere... don't remember where. Probably a yard sale. The acoustic coupler I got from a buddy quite some time ago.