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> Just to know what family of processor you have, is extremely useful. Just start task manager, ctrl+shift+esc... (BTW to me owning a computer and not knowing

• Moru 3y ago
  After owning computers for 40 years and helping friends and family with computers just as long, this gets harder and harder to keep track of. Especially now when there is no real need for a new computer unless something breaks. Then I need to know what I have and what I can replace it with. So now I run the tools and save the info on my harddrive to be able to look up before I go home to someone to fix a computer.
• tredre3 3y ago
  > owning a computer and not knowing what's inside is like not knowing what brand of car you own It's more like not knowing what type of engine your car has. Most people don't know or care what type of engine/cpu they have, they just know the brand (and maybe model) of the entire machine. I'm a tech person and I don't even know what CPU is in my computer right now. I know I have a thinkpad x1. I know I paid for the i7 upgrade. I know where to find the CPU model if needed. But day-to-day I just don't care.