November 2010
Beginner
368 pages
14h 36m
English
Colophon
The heading and cover font are BentonSans, the text font is Myriad Pro, and the code font is TheSansMonoCondensed.
About the Authors
Robert Bruce Thompson is the author or coauthor of numerous books and online training courses about computers. Robert 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 1 MHz, and had no operating system. In the more than 30 years since he built that first system, Robert has bought, built, upgraded, and repaired hundreds of PCs for himself, employers, customers, friends, and clients. Robert also writes about science—including astronomy, chemistry, biology, forensics, earth science, physics, and other disciplines—and practices what he preaches in his home laboratory. You can watch Robert’s Home Scientist video series at http://www.youtube.com/TheHomeScientist.
Barbara Fritchman Thompson worked for 20 years as a librarian before starting her own home-based consulting practice, Research Solutions (http://www.researchsolutions.net), and is also a researcher for the law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. Barbara, who has been a PC power user for more than 20 years, researched and tested much of the hardware reviewed for this book. During her leisure hours, Barbara reads, works out, plays golf, and, like Robert, is an avid amateur astronomer.
