I myself am a software person, I can pretty much doing anything when it comes to software. I can talk to someone over the phone and navigate him or her through control panel, to get to a particular function. Just the other day a friend ask me about this file which had .vcx extension, and within 10 mins I found program for him to open it with. So yeah when it comes to software I’m a A*.

As for hardware I’m totally useless, seriously I don’t even know how to install a floppy drive.

I am quite proficient in both, though I lack Singh's ability of just listening to the problem and inding a solution. I need to be able to see it, which is why remote destop is always favored by me over oral communication.

I would not consider myself a master in either, but i know some about both. I am learning more about software then hardware currently, because i just dont have the $$ right now to buy alot of hardware.

sadily both cuse i have to do VB plus pother laguges at school but i like hardware

Im a huge hardware person. Im learning VB is school but if it wasnt for that i wouldnt know it.

Hardware here. I usually F software up

I forgot to say what i do with software, I learn Java in school, and learn C++ on my own.

I can program in HTML, PHP, Java, C++ and Pascal, know a lot of things or two about software, I can help people on software problems, but I also know my way with hordware on some points

I consider myself to both even though I never like programming. However, I know my way around softwares opperation.

I'm much more proficient in hardware.

I do both, although programming for 8 hours a day 5 days a week isn't my cup of tea. I know C, C++, Java, Perl, Scheme, BASH, and QBasic so I'm proficient in writing software but give me some good networking hardware and I'll be happy all day long. I can do PC hardware but really Cisco equipment and network engineering is what keeps me coming to work every day.

im decient at both,
but man there are sooooo many aspects of modern computing that to cut them in only 2 catagories is an injustace.

i really dig video transcoding on debian linux
and im touching some assembly

I answered "Hardware". I consider the OS to be under the catagory of Hardware. Because hardware without the OS is an expensive doorstop.

Soon after I bought my first PC I was interested in "software and programming" but I was attending a university that was Mac Centric. I didn't understand this until I showed up for Pascal Programming and was told, by the professor, that I was "stupid" for owning an IBM compatible. This effectively "put me off" of being interested in programming. Which is a shame as I can see I would be a much more capable person if I was proficient at such.

But I am naturally a "Hardware" person. It's literally a genetic predispostition. I've applied the same talents on everything from chainsaws to jet aircraft. When I first experienced a problem with my first PC, I found material that described how things functioned. By process of elimination I decided what part to change out first and fixed my problem. From there I just kept learning how computers worked.

That was about 17 years ago. Now a person can simply describe the symtoms they are having and I can suggest what the cause could be, and how they can verify this cause. But my talent goes beyond just good troubleshooting.

An example would be a case where a friend of mine was having a problem with an Epson inkjet printer. I cycled the power on the printer one time and determined that the belt that carried the print head might be worn. I then used a finger to push the print head back to what I intuitively guessed was it's "parked" position. After this the printer functioned fine until that belt finally broke. My friend was really suprised by this, and frankly so was I, but I've always had a knack for doing this kind of thing.

It has something to do with how I think. Specifically it seems to stem from how I deal with feedback from my subconcious mind. I only know it's not something I was "taught" to do. And it only works for things, like computers, where I have extensive experience.

The irony is that, lately, I've really gotten sick of computers. Maybe what I'm really tired of is the hype. I bought and installed Windows XP x64 and was really disappointed. Now I know many of you might say that Vista will be better. But I'm not sure anymore.

I have been using Microsoft Operating Systems since my first PC with DOS 3.3. I still have copies of 4 versions of DOS and about 12 versions of Windows. (Yes I'm a software packrat!) Every version of Windows was supposed to be better than the last. Yet none of them has ever fulfilled the potential they "seemed to promise". Now I just can't believe the PR spin anymore.

Just thinking about it makes me depressed......

Oh I know! This is an excellent opportunity for me to go study accounting and law.

Or a nice de-aggression device

I chose software. It's really cool finding new software and trying it out. Hardware is eh. I can install ram and thats about it. Hopefully, I learn to be both.

Gimme a network to analyse, hardware to install, on as OS to setup and I'll be happy

I started out being a software person but I've kind of turned into a hardware person. I went from putting in PCI cards to building a PC.