ISBN: 0596007485 PC Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools Features : Illustrated Authors : Jim Aspinwall Manufacturer:  O'Reilly Media, Inc.  Tell A Friend:   List Price:  $24.95             Your Price:  $24.95

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Customer Reviews   No preamble, I loved it. Rating:  What a beautiful little book! It will only take you a day or two to read, and more importantly, give you a dozen projects you'll be dying to try out. Personally I found about ten I intend to use, twenty I'd like to try, and ten more I wish I'd known about years ago. The tips include hacks for the BIOS, hardware and the operating system. Some of the tips relate to very old hardware or operating systems, but this is fine since there aren't that many of these tips. The OS tips tend to relate mostly to flavours of windows, but there are enough Linux tips to still make it a worth while read. Each tip is written in a concise format which provides plenty of information without being long winded, making the book easy to browse and use. If the last chapter, covering configuring a new computer (anti-virus, malware and firewalls) was first, I'd recommend this book to be distributed with any new computer. Regardless, this is a great book that anyone will get value from. Overclocking CPU (Hack 21) at your own risk Rating:  Overclocking CPU (Hack 21) is not as easy as adding more memory or upgrading the hard disk. If you have nothing to lose, you might think about overclocking the CPU. Manufacturers may not honor the warranty on an overclocked CPU. The modifications may also void the warranty on the motherboard and other components (such as video card & hard drives). To increase performance of your PC: I would first try to add more memory (Hack 30), and then try to replace the hard disk with a faster (& larger) one (Hack 58). OK book, but lacking in content Rating:  The title of this book should be "Windows PC Hacks" since 99% of the hacks are Windows based. If you no longer use Microsoft products (like me), this is not a very good book for you. If you are no longer new to PCs and want to know a little more about the inner workings of your PC, you will probably enjoy this book. If you've built several PCs already, you already know 90% of what's in this book and won't care about the other 10%.

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