Computers and How to Build Your Own

11 January 2008 - NEW YORK - Days before the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show, Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child program had an ugly fallout with its largest financial supporter, the Intel Corp. The battle between the two - a struggle to control the market for millions of low-cost children's laptop computers in third-world countries continued when both parties made stage appearances at the Las Vegas show. From the pages on this site you will learn about the components that make up a modern desktop computer. You will also learn how to build one for yourself, install an operating system and other software and how to get the best from your machine.