CD Drive Is Upside Down

[ken]

Nonono, you've got it wrong!
That big box thar is the modem, a cuz I iz usin' that to get on them thar intarwebs!

Some years ago, I tried to get a user to reveal to me if he was using a
Windows PC or a Mac. That piece of information would have made it
easier for me to help him find his IP address, which I needed. He
had no idea.

Not wanting that user to delve into advanced concepts yet,
like interacting with the OS or trying to describe the stuff on the desktop
to me, I asked him if there was any label on his computer.

"Yes, the computer is called 'SyncMaster'!"

Well, that answered the question at that time. Windows PC.

Now, on to the mysteries of ipconfig, winipcfg or chasing network icons on the
Desktop :-)

[Aressel]

Modem-----------------Router (OK, I can see how this one can be confuded with the average (l)user

This one is actually rather reasonable around here, as one of the major ISPs is now sending out combination ADSL modem/wireless routers with their highspeed packages.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I laughed about that one for quite some time . . . how can someone think their monitor is the entire computer?!

Phoenix

The Gateway Astro was like the IMac in the sense that it had everything built in.

I almost bought one several years ago when I bought my now retired Gateway computer, but instead went w/a midtower b/c of the larger hard drive capacity.