Build and Upgrade Your Own PC, Second Edition [Paperback]

Ian Sinclair (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 13, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0750649348 | ISBN-13: 978-0750649346 | Edition: 2

Ian Sinclair's Build Your Own books have established themselves as authoritative and highly practical guides for home PC users and advanced hobbyists alike. All aspects of building and upgrading a PC are covered, making this the book the computer retailers don't want you to read!

By getting to grips with the world of PC hardware you can avoid the built-in obsolescence that seems to be part and parcel of the fast moving world of PCs, and escape the need to buy a new PC every year. You can also have a PC that keeps pace with the ever increasing demands that new software applications place on your system.

The new edition of this book is based round building and upgrading to the latest systems such as Pentium III and dual-processor Celeron motherboards running Windows 95/98 or Windows 2000. As well as guiding you round the inside of your CPU Ian Sinclair also covers monitors, printers, high capacity disk and tape systems, DVD drives, parallel port accessories....

Save £100s by making your current PC last longer
You can have a PC with a spec that matches your needs, not just the off-the shelf package on offer from the manufacturers
Discover the practical techniques of upgrading a PC and avoid the pitfalls

Editorial Reviews

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Review of Build Your Own Multimedia PC
'Ian Sinclair has done it again. He has produced yet another excellent book on personal computing... a must for all those beginning to take an interest in the practical side of IBM-style PCs.' Computing Magazine

About the Author

Ian Sinclair was born in 1932 in Tayport, Fife, and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1956. In that year, he joined the English Electric Valve Co. in Chelmsford, Essex, to work on the design of specialised cathode-ray tubes, and later on small transmitting valves and TV transmitting tubes. In 1966, he became an assistant lecturer at Hornchurch Technical College, and in 1967 joined the staff of Braintree College of F.E. as a lecturer. His first book, "Understanding Electronic Components" was published in 1972, and he has been writing ever since, particularly for the novice in Electronics or Computing. The interest in computing arose after seeing a Tandy TRS80 in San Francisco in 1977, and of his 204 published books, about half have been on computing topics, starting with a guide to Microsoft Basic on the TRS80 in 1979. He left teaching in 1984 to concentrate entirely on writing, and has also gained experience in computer typesetting, particularly for mathematical texts. He has recently visited Seattle to see Microsoft at work, and to remind them that he has been using Microsoft products longer than most Microsoft employees can remember. Ian Sinclair is the author of the following Made Simple books: Lotus 1-2-3- (2.4 DOS version) MS-DOS (up to version 6.22) PagePlus for Windows 3.1 Hard drives He is also the author of many other books published under our Newnes imprint.Visit Ian's website at http://website.lineone.net/~ian_sinclair

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 2 edition (June 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750649348
• ISBN-13: 978-0750649346
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,078,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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