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Originally posted by Yo-DUH_87
You have to admit, Intel and Windows are the devices that all things run on! Just the other day I was looking at a game that said a 300 P2, or a 450 AMD!! Does this telll you something? And I don't see you sporting the penguin in the tux!! I do have a linux workstation, but it is currently unoperational (Old acer 100 MHz, pentum!).
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Um not trying to be rude or anything but seriously have you been living in a cave for the past 2 years or so? It's called the K7 and since it was released nothing Intel has come up with since it was released can hold a candle to it. Northwoods are starting to approach the level of the k7 but it costs 3x as much and still is slower. Man Intel and Microsoft have got you washed like a black board, there is more to computing that Windows and Pentiums dude, open your eyes.
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I have been on computers since I was 3, using prodigy (evil!). Eventually, I wanted a computer of my own. So, I took my megar savings, and got a P2 350, that I assembeled myself. I had no experience, had read no books, no websites, hadn't even known someone that had done it!! It still works great, but it is a little slow for todays games 
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Damn man, I think it's about time to upgrade!! How can you possibly have any experience with GHz+ computing if you are on a P2 350??? You have been using computers since you were 3? Well thats not exactly all that uncommon these days, but I assume that was about 1990 or so...put it this way when I was 3 things were a lot different.
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I now build and repair computers for friends and family, free (unless I am hungry). It is a nice skill, and I am branching into other computer-related hobbies, like Webpage building, programing, etc.
I still think a cert cource would be a good idea, it might keep you from messing your $2000 Pentium 4 system up! But, as I have proven, you can learn from experince (although, while you are learning, stay far away from my computer  ).
Signing out...
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Cert courses are pretty much a formality these days anyway, and anyone who thinks they will get a job with nothing but certifications and no experience is in for one rude shock. I have seen many an A+ certified tech totally stuff something up that most anyone who has built a system before totally would have known. I hope you deciede to do a little reading and research before you make such broad and generalizing statements in the future, they are grossly counter productive.