Understanding Hardware Components of an Operating Systems

I am on to my third week of class and I am still loving every bit of information that I am learning. This past task about learning the computer from the inside was quite an undertaking but I was able to really get a glance at the system that makes the computer function. As I was watching the Triumph of the Nerds I saw a few slides of the inside of the computer and I was very intrigued to get started on looking into my own. I can now say that I have the seen the motherboard, the processor, and the hard drive of the computer. Now if you ask me what exactly they do I guess I can admit that I am not quite sure. However, now that I have a visual image of these main compnents of the computer I am even more interested in learning more about them including the production process and what makes them able to process so much information in seconds.