I am a hardware person as I like having my hands on something tangible rather than something that only exists as electrons in a circuit. Hardware is simple and easy to understand while software is made to be over complicated as well bloated.

I'm also more a hardware person. Sure, I can handle software somewhat fine (with the help of google 😜 ) and I can find solutions to software problems that way, but hardware is really more my thing 😁
I'd say I'm hardware/software like 65/35 or so 😁

I don't like to solder.

leileilol wrote:

I don't like to solder.

Me nether. And I don't like printer problems also 😵

I like to solder and i can't code but, seem to do well software.

Definitely hardware, due to my electronics background.
I've done a few things in Borland TurboC++ and Arduino but I don't consider myself a good programmer.

Hardware for sure, I like tinkering with computers parts quite a bit 😁. Software, not so much (if it's simple and and easy, OK. Otherwise, forget it 😒 ).

Both, I like hardware and software, collect and play with it all. xD

Hardware, but im aiming for software as well. And improving my knowledge on hardware a lot as well.

Software here although I tinker with hardware sometimes.

Hardware and software.

Neither do much without the other, so I play with both equally I'd say. I like the problem solving aspect of computers, which is probably why I'm still messing around with 486's 😀

Hardware guy, I was performing upgrades since I was 10yo, like Gemini but on the hardware !

The only software I need is: drivers for the sound and graphics in GAMES!
An OS also comes handy sometimes 😉

Hardware. It's the least stressful. You slap some crap together and it goes. Software is getting closer to being like that. If you're always busy, it's nice to just have a cheap computer, and if it breaks, the next one is just the same. Everything important is in the cloud so no worries.

I like to solder, the "pshhht " of flux vaporizing as the fresh solder melts and bonds about is a wonderful thing.

Well definitely tinker with software to an extent trying os and from time to time hacks/mods maybe i'm closer to both?

Hardware, definitely.

Well, the results of this have not been too surprising to me. I kinda felt going into it that I was one of the minority who was more comfortable with software over hardware, which is part of the reason why I started the thread, to see if my thoughts on that were correct.

I also kinda realized that most people who are more comfortable with software over hardware tend to be programmers. I myself started writing code when I was 10 years old, while the very first time I worked on the inside of a computer I was 16. (Swapped a dead CD drive for a new one.)

Gemini000 wrote:

Well, the results of this have not been too surprising to me. I kinda felt going into it that I was one of the minority who was more comfortable with software over hardware, which is part of the reason why I started the thread, to see if my thoughts on that were correct.

I also kinda realized that most people who are more comfortable with software over hardware tend to be programmers. I myself started writing code when I was 10 years old, while the very first time I worked on the inside of a computer I was 16. (Swapped a dead CD drive for a new one.)

It's not that I don't like software per se, but I'm just not very good at it. I can't code (though I can do some copypaste in existing code) and I mainly use software to get my hardware going.
For instance, I've had fun using a slipstreamed version of XP on some of my rigs and experimenting with that, but that was mainly to get the software to behave more to my liking.
That said, I'm not a hardware guru either, but hardware is definitely where the majority of my interest is.

I use my rigs mainly to play games (except for my primary rig, which I use for the usual day to day stuff).