Peter Norton's Inside the PC

Discover what the essential technologies are and how they are combined to create a computer. Learn safe ways to explore your PC and operating system and check out the hardware. Get an up-to-date picture of the PC industry. Know what to expect in the way of new chips and new peripheral connection strategies. Gain a balanced perspective on the "hot" new developments, such as MMX, DVD, Firewire, and USB. Find out what to expect from the growing competition (between Intel, AMD,Cyrix, and others) over new CPU chips.

About the author

Peter Norton has been working with Unix and Linux for over a decade. He has worked at companies large and small solving problems with Linux. He is an officer of the New York Linux Users group, and can be found on the nylug-talk mailing list. He currently works for a large company in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: John Goodman, Peter Norton
• Publisher: Sams
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• No. of pages: 721
• Weight: 1232 g
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Series: Sams Premier
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries