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Building the Perfect PC: The Perfect PC Is the One You Build Yourself
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Building the Perfect PC: The Perfect PC Is the One You Build Yourself Paperback - 2010

by Robert Thompson; Barbara Fritchman Thompson

This up-to-date guide has precisely what users need to know to build a PC that perfectly meets their needs. It teaches PC fundamentals, where and how to buy the needed parts, and how to assemble everything with step-by-step instructions and clear, easy-to-follow images.

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  • Title Building the Perfect PC: The Perfect PC Is the One You Build Yourself
  • Author Robert Thompson; Barbara Fritchman Thompson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition INTERNATIONAL ED
  • Pages 361
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Make Community, LLC
  • Date 2010-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781449388249 / 1449388248
  • Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 7.9 x 1 in (24.13 x 20.07 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
  • Library of Congress subjects Microcomputers - Design and construction
  • Dewey Decimal Code 621.391

About the author

Robert Bruce Thompson is a coauthor of Building the Perfect PC, Astronomy Hacks, and the Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders. Thompson built his first computer in 1976 from discrete chips. It had 256 bytes of memory, used toggle switches and LEDs for I/O, ran at less than 1MHz, and had no operating system. Since then, he has bought, built, upgraded, and repaired hundreds of PCs for himself, employers, customers, friends, and clients. Robert spends most clear, moonless nights outdoors with his 10-inch Dobsonian reflector telescope, and is currently designing a larger, computerized, truss-tube Dobsonian that he plans to build.

Barbara Fritchman Thompson is a coauthor of Building the Perfect PC, PC Hardware Buyer's Guide, Astronomy Hacks, and PC Hardware in a Nutshell. Barbara worked for 20 years as a librarian before starting her own home-based consulting practice, Research Solutions, and is also a researcher for the law firm Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. Barbara is an avid amateur astronomer.

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