First of all, congratulations and a big welcome to all new members! As for the seniors, welcome back!

Today was our first meeting for the year 2010 and we were glad to see the good response from the new members and existing members as well. It will be good for all of us as a part of Itanium Solutions to go through the challenges awaitng us ahead, learn and also experience the fun through our activities and events together.

Based on the interview conducted, we concluded that most of our new members did not have a clear idea or expectations on what they expect to learn in Itanium Solutions.

To start off the day, we had a short introduction on our club. Who we are? Of course, we are Catholic High's premiere computer club. Our goal is to let our members understand the computer in and out.

Next, we had a simple exercise to warm everyone up. From the exercise, it was found that majority of our members do know quite well on basic knowledge of computers. Here are some interesting facts:

Most of us.....
1. Run Windows XP.
2. Use Streamyx, followed by Celcom Broadband and Maxis Broadband as our ISP, with speeds 512 kbps - 1 Mbps.
3. Run Intel processors.
4. Use desktops.
5. Turn on the computer once per day
6. Senior members like to leave their computers 24/7.
7. Have RAM ranging from <1GB - 2GB
8. Have hard disk space of 80GB - 320GB

Here are some general knowledge that we discussed:

1. bit, byte, kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), terabyte, betabyte, exabyte....
2. hertz, megahertz, gigahertz......
3. The fastest frequency for Pentium 4 manufactured is 3.4 GHz.
4. The fastest frequency for Pentium 3 is 800 MHz.
5. We are currently using USB 2.0 technology, but moving into USB 3.0 (please read up)

Reminders:
1. Deadline for member's fee is on the 5th of February 2010. Please pay to Lim Yi Xian of 5S3 or Chu Kah Leong of 5P3.
2. Courses will be starting next week, please bring along a pen and a notebook.
3. There will be an evaluation test every year.

Regards,
Leow Ker Leet

Webmaster 2 '09/10