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Summary: Great book, but way too many misprints and typoes
Review: The book is excellent, and when I read the sixth edition I was amazed. But when I bought the latest - 11th edition, I was very unpleasently suprised by a great number of typoes, misprints, wrong references, etc. For example, Chapter 5 refers to Chapter 4 a few times on the information not contained in Chapter 4. Table columns are messed up in quite a few places. It looks like as the book was going through a number of editions, a lot of inaccurate croess references slipped in.I still recommend the book, but hope that the author is going to be more attentive to the misprints and wrong references in his future editions.
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Summary: A First Rate Reference Book
Review: Scott Mueller certainly knows his stuff. At first glance, you might think that this mammouth sized book is only for power user's. Afterall, Mueller goes into exhaustive detail on literally every aspect of the modern PC and how it functions. However, the author writes with such clarity and simplicity that even the most novice user should be able to decipher the meaning of his explanations. The book is full of terrific diagrams, and special tips and cautionary notes. He teaches everything from basic computer maintenance to partitioning hard drives, to choosing the correct power-protection system, etc. This edition also gives extra attention to the SCSI. Chances are you you won't ever use all the wealth of information that is provided in the book. But I guarantee, whatever you are looking for you will find. Surprisingly, you will find it easily too! Mueller arranges the book so that it is easy to weed through what is unnecessary for you and get right to what is relevant. This book is to the PC what Gray's Anatomy is to the human body. It is a must for every PC owner.
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Summary: An Excellent Source for Info
Review: This book has more stuff about everything than any other computer reference book I have ever read. Pick this one up today and learn everything about everything.
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Summary: UPGRADING AND REPAIRING PCS, (10th Ed.)---SCOTT MUELLER
Review: AS A TECH IN DSL INSTALL AND TROUBLESHOOTING I HAVE THIS BOOK INVALUABLE AS A RESOURCE AND HAVE TAUGHT MY TEAMMATES SOME NEW TRICKS AS A RESULT OF THIS....
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Summary: Great book to have around
Review: Whenever I have a hardware question, I reach for this tome first. It exhaustively explains every part in a computer system. I find this to be a excellent book to learn computer hardware from. It is a amazing wealth of knowledge. I feel the historical chapter as being uneeded since I feel most of the books buyers buy this book for it's indepth reading on hardware, not to lookup the date when Intel released it's 286 chip. However a minor quibble with a otherwise excellent book.
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Summary: cant review it yet because i havn't ordered it yet,
Review: i'm thinking of ordering it very soon......like today i hope
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Summary: THE BIBLE of PC Hardware
Review: A must have if you do anything with hardware on PC's. One of the best features is the constant updating of new technologies in each edition, which is rolled in and compared with the old. Much better than downloading and reading endless white papers full of marketing hype from vendors! Mueller is great at presenting technical detail while explaining the advantages and shortcomings of each hardware choice. Put each new edition of this classic on your list of must-haves.
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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: This book makes things easy to understand. I have now successfully built my own computer, with only the help of this book. It covers everything from computer background to Os's, in many chapters. I would recommend this book to the beginner/Intermediate.
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Review: Upgrading and repairing PC's Eleventh edition By Scott Mueller Scott Mueller's Upgrading and repairing PC's the eleventh edition is a very usefully book to have in your library. It covers all aspects of computers from the different types of computers and operating systems to floppy drives and disk storage to local networking and the Internet. The author refers to the technical meaning of things, then compares what was said to terms that are more easily understood by your average home computer user, and then re-asserts the point that was trying to be made using the technical terms and the analogy. For certain task that are trying to be accomplished there are some good drawings accompanied by actual photographs for a more real world feel to help you visualize the components. Often there is an explanation of what is needed as hardware and software components. How to check if your computer is already set up with certain configurations, and how to go about changing anything to meet these requirements. This review of the book is not just merely experienced through the effort of reading. I used chapter 13 to aid in the installation of a CD-ROM device. The chapter was on optical storage and I used and older computer from work that did not have a CD-ROM installed on it. The beginning of the chapter gave a brief history and other facts that I did not find interesting, others might enjoy having such knowledge. After getting through the fluff of the chapter there was a lot of explaining and re-explaining followed by diagrams and pictures. The choice of words used to describe this technique was chosen well. The point was not lost in making you feel like in idiot, but allowed you to walk away from the experience some technical jargon. The chapter on local area networks was also written very well. Chapter 19 had diagrams of the OSI model along with an explanation of each layer and how it related to the other. It talked about cables, hubs, and topologies. The topics being discussed was more easily critiqued because of way I was taught these subjects. I really felt the author did an excellent job with the way that he was able to explain what was needed in order to complete a given the task. Through the use of diagrams, photographs, and a complete explanation of what to expect and how to perform the given task, one was able to be successful.
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Summary: Awesome Book! Gotta get this one!
Review: This is the best book on the subject of PCs in general that I have ever read. It gives a complete history of computer & computer products all the way back to the UNIVAC machine. Scott's sense of humor and excellent writing skill make this book very easy to read and understand. History of product evolution is very improtant in learning today's components. You cannot expect to fully understand a modern product unless you know the very first version of it's kind. This book gives you the necessary skills to build a PC from scratch and also to troubleshoot if needed. If you want to learn about PC components and systems, this is the book for you.
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