Taking Computers for Granted?

Since this blog is for the purpose of my LIS 636 computer class, I thought I would mention how amazed I am at how swiftly the computer world embraced regular consumers. Being a person who has never known much about computers and how they work, I find that as I learn more I have completely taken for granted their complexity. After recently learning about operating systems and the number of tries it took for companies such as Apple and Microsoft to create the systems that we have today, I am impressed with how sophisticated our personal computers are. We talked about how people who have never used computers without a graphical user interface can't appreciate how wonderful that capability is. I know I certainly took that for granted. It just never ceases to amaze me at how far technology has come in just a few short years.