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E-book Title: Understanding PC Hardware
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Book Description: Dear Friend,
The first personal computers were home-built by electronics hobbyists.
When Apple, IBM and others began selling ready-made systems to "normal" folk, most buyers never considered opening the case, even to look, much less make changes.
That was roughly 25 years ago - one human generation, but more than a dozen generations for computers.
By the second decade of the personal computer age, computer stores were selling hard drives, memory upgrades, sound and video cards and other components to an increasingly large segment of the home computer market who wanted to make their PC "more" than what the manufacturer sold them.
Today, such parts can be found in any office supply or general merchandise store - even some supermarkets and drug stores.
But even with this wide and easy availability, even with prices that continue to drop as capabilities continue to rise, many people are convinced you have to be an electronics wizard to open that case.
"Understanding PC Hardware" will help dispel that myth, explaining in simple language, just what each part is, what it does and how it can be replaced.
Here's a summary of everything you will learn in this easy to read information resource...
What's Inside Your Computer
- Floppy drives - do you really need one?
Cables, cables and more cables
The Five Most Popular PC Upgrades
How to Select a Monitor
- What questions to ask - and what the answers mean
- Why LCD monitors are better than CRTs
How to Select a Hard Drive For Your PC
- The different types of drives
- What memory capacity means
- How much memory you need for how you use your computer
- How drive speed affects your use
- External versus internal drives
Choosing a DVD-ROM Drive
- Interface - there are at least half a dozen possibilities
- Speed - how to decipher all those letters and numbers
- Coding, decoding, compression
- Combo drives with CD and DVD read/write capabilities
The Mouse
- Where once there was no choice, today there are hundreds
- Optical, ball and roller, laser
Selecting a Graphics Card
- Do you really need more than your computer motherboard's built-in graphics capability?
- Considering card memory, frame rate and speed
- Why bigger is not always better
- The three main things to look for in a graphics card
Selecting a Sound Card
- What is bit rate and why it's important
- Just as you would with a new receiver for your audio/video suite, look at the card's connectors
- Consider compatibility with the software you use
Selecting a Printer
- Maximum paper size and format
Selecting a Scanner
- Size of documents to be scanned
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