How to Expand and Upgrade PCs

How to Expand and Upgrade PCs

by PrestonGralla (Author)

Synopsis

How to Expand and Upgrade PCs is a richly illustrated, full-color book focusing on upgrades and add-ons that any consumer level user can make to their PC. Instead of simply reading like a manual, this book brings together all of the pre-purchase, installation, and usage issues a user faces. Each chapter looks at determining the type of upgrade needed, the tools and other requirements for installation, and using the hardware once it's installed. Coverage includes DVDs, digital cameras, scanners, removable drives, USB scanners, firewall devices, palmtop devices, home wireless networks and more.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 3
Publisher: QUE
Published: 21 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 0789727692
ISBN 13: 9780789727695
Book Overview:

With the explosion of PC sales to consumers in the past several years, the market for upgrades and add-on devices is hot. With memory prices at their lowest level ever, hot technologies like DVDs, digital cameras, recordable CDs, and cable modems priced for the mass market, and gamers grabbing up 3D video accelerators, the market has never been better for a true consumer-oriented upgrading book. This book goes beyond most hardware books by addressing more than just the nuts, bolts, and techie connections of hardware. Each chapter looks at determining the type of upgrade needed, the tools and other requirements for installation, and using the hardware once it's installed. Preston brings together all of the pre-purchase, installation, and usage issues a user faces while covering the hot consumer-oriented upgrades and add-on options such as DVDs, digital cameras, scanners and removable drives. New coverage includes USB scanners, firewall devices, palmtop devices, home wireless networks and more.


Author Bio

Preston Gralla is an award-winning columnist and author, executive editor for CNet and ZDNet, and a technology columnist for the Dallas Morning News. He has also written about technology for many other publications, including USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and PC Magazine. As a well-known Internet guru, he appears regularly on many TV and radio shows, including CNN and CNBC. His other books include How the Internet Works, Sixth Edition, and How Wireless Works.