PC Hardware in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

PC Hardware in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) Book

PC Hardware in a Nutshell relies on an eternal truth of the computer industry: legacy systems never die. This book focuses on the technologies that have provided Wintel personal computers with various capabilities over the years. Like most of its competitors, this book addresses the PC on a subsystem level, dealing with video cards, hard-disk interfaces, memory and other pieces of the componentry puzzle that hardware integrators need to figure out. The authors do a great job of explaining the differences between (and relative merits of) IDE and SCSI hard-drive interfaces, various video buses, competing processors and other technologies. They also prove themselves adept at explaining general assembly procedures and troubleshooting strategies.This book distinguishes itself from its most popular competitors by emphasising the authors' opinions on hardware products. It's refreshing to see authors recommend Product A for high-performance systems in which price is not an issue, Product B for economical home systems, and Product C for organisational workstations. On the other hand, the recommendations, prices and similar values will change over time. The authors maintain a great Web site where you can find their current recommendations. (The Web site, on the other hand, doesn't include the book's high-quality tutorial on designing and assembling a system from zero.) Even the photographs that appear in this book--traditionally a weak point among hardware books--are clear. --David WallRead More

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