PC Upgrade and Repair Bible

PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, 3rd Edition brings together the personal and professional editions of this popular series into one enormously comprehensive volume. Whether you just bought your first computer or are an IT professional managing thousands of workstations, this book is indispensable. Virtually all descriptive upgrade sequences and graphics have been updated for today's technology, and all of the current issues pertaining to Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are fully explained in easy-to-understand language. Plus, PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, 3rd Edition includes product reviews and comparisons, a Q&A, and an exhaustive online vendor list. This book is ideal if you want to:

• Evaluate the suitability of upgrading an existing computer.
• Determine the upgrades needed to make an under-powered machine suitable for your specific purposes.
• Specify an effective new configuration of an existing machine to meet your requirements.
• Build a new machine from components that precisely meet your needs.
• Design an approach for integrating personal computers into local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet.
• Tune your computer system for peak performance.
• Repair or install upgrades into an existing machine.

About the Authors Barry Press has designed leading-edge computer hardware, software, and networks for over 25 years, including a unique cable television modem, campuswide ATM networks, a desktop computer capable of analyzing adverse drug interactions, and an artificial intelligence planning system. He has programmed Windows since Version 1.0 and has taught as an adjunct professor of computer science at the University of Southern California. He is the author of PC Upgrade and Repair Bible, Professional Edition and Teach Yourself PCs. Marcia Press worked in public accounting as a tax CPA for what was then one of the Big Eight, moving later to her own practice. She handles the administrative part of the work for the Press' computer books — the tracking, calls, follow-ups, and research — and does the sanity checks on their initial drafts. She's a fan of good wine, gardening, reading, and shopping, and is a serious gourmet cook.