Rating: 
Summary: Many pages, but more info on "older stuff".
Review: We used the book for a course in system support specialist program. The book give a lot of history about the evolution of the parts of the PC. The abundance of information about "older stuff" was little bit to long. Information of legacy equipment is not to relevant for today equipment.
Rating:
Summary: Many pages, but more info on "older stuff".
Review: We used the book for a course in system support specialist program. The book give a lot of history about the evolution of the parts of the PC. The abundance of information about "older stuff" was little bit to long. Information of legacy equipment is not to relevant for today equipment.
Rating: 
Summary: Legacy, Legacy, Legacy.
Review: Where's all the new stuff? Too much history, not enough usable info. Why's it got to be so darn big, too?
Rating: 
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: While the book contains a lot of great information, there are many parts of it that are outdated. The newest processor covered is the Pentium Pro. The Pentium MMX is barely mentioned, and the Pentium II is unheard of.Mark Minasi has a great writing style. It's easy to understand and not at all boring. With the help of this book I went for my A+ certification test. I got 80% on the Core(65% is passing) and 84% on the Dos/Windows test (66% is passing). The software side was also a little lacking. I mostly relied on other materials for that section. All in all I would have to say that the information that is provides is top-notch. It just needs to be updated by 2 years or so.
Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: While the book contains a lot of great information, there are many parts of it that are outdated. The newest processor covered is the Pentium Pro. The Pentium MMX is barely mentioned, and the Pentium II is unheard of. Mark Minasi has a great writing style. It's easy to understand and not at all boring. With the help of this book I went for my A+ certification test. I got 80% on the Core(65% is passing) and 84% on the Dos/Windows test (66% is passing). The software side was also a little lacking. I mostly relied on other materials for that section. All in all I would have to say that the information that is provides is top-notch. It just needs to be updated by 2 years or so.
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