- Paperback: 878 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Third Edition edition (July 31 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 059600513X
- ISBN-13: 978-0596005139
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16.7 x 4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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- #67 in Books > Computers & Internet > Hardware > Maintenance, Repair & Upgrading
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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 Wall --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'An excellent book for both novice and advanced users, shame GNU/Linux is not covered in more details.' Rating 8/10 Linux Format, February 2001
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
By A Customer
This review is from: PC Hardware in a Nutshell (Paperback)
PC Hardware in a nutshell is a wonderful reference for any computer user to keep within an arms length when it comes time to upgrade or build a new computer. I got this book hoping it would help me to be able to understand more about the components of a computer and to help me while I build a new machine. I have really enjoyed the way in which the book is broken into sections for specific components of a computer, and how in depth it is. This book is just what a person who is interested in building and understanding their own computer needs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
All you need for PC hardware,
By A Customer
This review is from: PC Hardware in a Nutshell (Paperback)
This book is amazingly concise and thorough, yet also very easy to read. It contains many helpful photographs, and the authors maintain a great website that is tremendously useful and is a great addition to the book. I am not a big fan of the "In a Nutshell" computer books published by O'Reilly, but this book is definitely an exception. It's great for both beginners and experts.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Gem of a PC primer!,
By Frank Beckendorf "Frank from Chalmette and no... (Abilene, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PC Hardware in a Nutshell (Paperback)
O'Reilly's an up and coming publisher of computer related books. Maybe a kingpin already. This selection is a true quick reference guide. Written by the Thompsons, this selection gives you a thorough look into buying, assembling and operating computers. You do need a basic understanding to get anything out of this book, but if this is the case, you won't be disappointed. I have a first edition copy, and it's still current. That says a lot, a first edition published four years ago is still not too outdated! Think about it. How many computer related books can you think of that's relatively current after four years? Huh?
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