yeah, I've known many people to call the tower a "CPU," and it drives me crazy.
anyway, I was just curious, but not curious enough for a class.
anyway, cory makes a bit more sense ... I guess with everything being loaded into RAM, it'd make it a lot easier on the hard drive.
I know certain things are automatically loaded into RAM - instant messenger conversations, browser sessions, etc, so these don't need much access to the drive.
I guess I didn't realize how much was loaded into RAM.
but yes, cory, I know that the hard drive doesn't actually run the programs, or anything for that matter. it is merely a storage device, after all.
anyway, thanks