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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Computer
Copyright 1999 by Que
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International Standard Book Number: 0-7897-1799-9
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-86232
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing: October, 1999
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
Introduction
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Part 1 Getting Started on Your PC Shopping Expedition
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1 So, What Do You Want a PC for, Anyway? A PC will do amazing things for you: get your life in order, connect you to the world, help your kids at school, and more. And, yes, it even does Windows. You'll find all that and more in this chapter.
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2 What You'll Get When You Buy a Computer So, what exactly do you get when you fork over your hard-earned cash for a new computer? Check out this chapter to get the inside info on all the hardware and software you'll get.
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3 Seven Steps to Buying a Computer Prices all over the map, untrustworthy salesmen, an alphabet soup of acronyms... those are a few of the things you'll run into when you look to buy a new PC. So, what to do? Before heading off to shop, follow these seven steps to buying a computer.
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Part 2 The Hard Facts About Hardware
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4 A Look Under the HoodWhat's Inside a PC Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and take a guided tour of a PC. You'll take a look inside and find all about microprocessors, RAM, hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and all the important parts of a PC.
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5 Microprocessors and the Motherboard: Your PC's Brains and Nervous System
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