Upgrading and Repairing PCs

I've been buying these yearly sometimes 1200 or so editions of this single author's Upgrade and Repairing PC's for about 20 years now, skipping a few at a time. And mostly just opted for the digital version updates anyways because it's a pretty massive book, with neverending information you'll find, and the most comprehensive Ins-and-outs both for the beginner but doesn't cease in including the technical facts for professionals. And this being his 22nd edition encompassing a good 40 years of PC history in all areas and subjects. What's best is that with each new edition you get a much more brief rundown of of the earlier technology but look forward to the couple extra years of detailed updates just to further your technical knowledge and be able to utilize as another competent reference source during my own PC builds, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

Even though the material in this book is a little dated as of December 2020 the material covered is fantastic and is applicable for any novice or professional. As a professional A+ Certified bench technician with over 10 years of knowledge and experience under my belt, it serves as excellent reference material. The information contained herein serves as an excellent refresher of technology past, with hints as to what the future holds. A digital CD is also included in the hardcover version jam packed with resources.

For ANYONE who deals with Intel/AMD box computers this is an absolute must have. An invaluable hardware resource. Well worth the price.

The book has a lot of great information in it, and is something I would recommend to someone who is getting serious about working with computers but is still new to the field or hobby and needs good reference material to expand their knowledge and fill in some gaps. There is a lot of great in-depth information in here, but there is the occasional thing which is missing (e.g. TLER on hard drives). I don't regret getting this book at all, I just hope that in future editions maybe some of the old CPU chapters are removed for more current hardware information.

I had one of the early edditions of this book in 1998. I used it in my repair and updating a PC class in 1999 through a local technical school here. I must have put in 3 to 4 hours reading for each hour of class that was a 3 hour class. I gained a lot of knowledge from Mister Muller's then volume. I will do so again without reading for class this time. I am happy to agian find this very helpful book.

I had no knowledge of PC, so I decided to consider a good book for myself and found out this book is one of the best in this area. English is not my native language and the 22nd edition wasn't translated in Russian so, in spite of this, the book appeared to be not the hardest one to understand. Since I've bought this book my knowledge of PC improved a lot, mostly in part of the hardware. Recommend this book to everyone even for people with zero knowledge of PC.

I have been rebuilding old (circa late-1990s) beige server cases to use as Linux workstations. This is the best resource available for finding everything you need to know about ATX systems. I wish it would get updated but can understand what a huge effort that would be. The explanations and descriptions are very clear and easily understandable. The video on DVD is an excellent introduction for those getting started working on personal computers.

This is a gold standard of computer repair and upgrading. It gives the history of each component alsowhich is a great help in understanding how we got to where we are in this science. This book comes outevery year or so, be sure to get the newest copy if you want to be absolutely up-to-date. Remember thatthis is a HARDWARE book, no software instruction is included. Worth every penny.