Tom's Hardware Guide - Softcover

Pabst, Thomas; Desmond, Michael; Barber, Larry; Gross, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789716860 ISBN 13: 9780789716866

Publisher: Que Pub, 1998

Tom's Hardware Guide was created to provide you with the inside scoop on attaining the ultimate in PC performance. Written by the originators of tomshardware.com, the Interenet's #1 source of new technology information and performance reviews. Millions of people rely on Tom's reviews and advice. Tom's no-holds-barred approach to the PC industry has made him into the premier technology industry guru. From Intel's boardroom to the individual at the corner computer store--they all look to Tom for information on the latest technology products.

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Review:

In Tom's Hardware Guide, the owner of a popular hardware-centric Web site makes the leap to paper media. He does a good job, too, providing power users--especially serious gamers--with a solid guide to the latest in IBM-standard components.

Pabst tackles one hardware subsystem at a time, detailing the state of the art in hard drives, processors, video cards (2-D and 3-D), memory, modems, and more. His explanations are up-to-date and lucid, and are among the best for those who want only to know how to make their systems as fast as possible. His discussion of overclocking is among the best anywhere--it's something you'll want to read if you're serious about getting the most from your machine.

It's refreshing to see a hardware book actually take sides on important hardware issues. Where it's appropriate, Pabst describes his specific personal preferences for products, naming manufacturers and models. Though "Tom's Picks" are sure to become less cutting-edge as this book ages, they're likely to remain solid choices for some time--and Pabst surely will do frequent revisions anyway.

As is often the case with hardware books, the photographs in Tom's Hardware Guide aren't very good. Some of them are grainy, most are too dark, and very few of them add anything to the reader's understanding of the topic. Diagrams, however, are good, and Pabst's excellent, highly informed text overshadows all shortcomings. --David Wall

About the Author:

Thomas Pabst is the founder and author of Tom�s Hardware Guide (www.tomhardware.com) the largest independent source of cutting edge hardware information and reviews. Tom�s review and insights into PCs and PC performance are famous for their thoroughness and independence. Tom has consistently delivered information you can�t get anywhere else. Tom�s advice and reviews are so popular and valuable that in a typical month, Tom�s site delivered over 2 million impressions on the front page alone, and receives more than 200,000 page requests daily totaling over 6 million page requests a month. In his spare time, Tom is a surgeon living in London.

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