I don't know about your wintel machines, but the last few Dells I've used at work complain that my USB 2.0 device can work faster by using a USB 2.0 port. *Even though it is plugged into a USB 2.0 port* according to the Device Manager
Oh god memories. My school had a class in the computer room... not sure I'd call it IT.
Covered basic word and excel. The teacher was a nice guy but only one lesson ahead of the students. I remember explaining things like DNS and https to him.
Whereas mine had a computer in the classroom. One single Wang mini-computer in the Math teacher's class. As I recall (this would have been in '74 or '75) we didn't have any programming classes, it was 'play with it and learn it yourself'. Previously we had a teletype linked to the minicomputer in the Tri-County Intermediate Unit. Program storage on paper tape.
This is now. Later is later.
