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Covers upgrades for gaming, digital video, and entertainment! Transform your PC into a glitch-free, turbocharged, multimedia machine Want to add punch to your PC? This handy reference helps add power to your old computer. Easy steps show you how to add memory, update your virus protection, get your PC ready for Windows Vista or rev it up as a cool entertainment center capable of recording TV shows or hearing DVDs in surround sound. Move files from an old PC to a new one Upgrade to Windows show more Vista Get rid of computer viruses Configure a wireless network Add a TV tuner and DVD burner show lessTags
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Excellent layman's guide to fixing up your own PC. I've referred to it multiple times in switching out and upgrading hardware on my computer. Plain, simple language & detailed photos make it easy.
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Andy Rathbone is the author of the bestselling "Windows For Dummies" books, as well as other titles in the "For Dummies" series. He was born in San Diego, California and attended San Diego State University. He majored in Comparative Literature, and graduated in 1986. He began freelancing for computer magazines shortly thereafter, and wrote the show more first edition of "Windows for Dummies" in 1992. show less
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- Upgrading & Fixing PCs for Dummies
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- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 621.3916 — Applied science & technology Engineering Applied physics Electronics & Computers Computer engineering General works on specific types of computers PCs
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- TK7887 .R38 — Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear Electronics Computer engineering. Computer hardware
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