Understanding PC Hardware

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Here's a summary of everything you will learn in this easy to read information resource...

• How to Select a Monitor
  
  • What questions to ask - and what the answers mean
  • Why LCD monitors are better than CRTs
    
    
• How to Select a Hard Drive For Your PC
  • The different types of drives
  • What memory capacity means
  • How much memory you need for how you use your computer
  • How drive speed affects your use
  • External versus internal drives
    
    
• Choosing a DVD-ROM Drive
  • Interface - there are at least half a dozen possibilities
  • Speed - how to decipher all those letters and numbers
  • Coding, decoding, compression
  • Combo drives with CD and DVD read/write capabilities
    
    
• The Mouse
  • Where once there was no choice, today there are hundreds
  • Wired versus wireless
  • Color and design
  • Software
  • Optical, ball and roller, laser
    
    
• Selecting a Graphics Card
  • Do you really need more than your computer motherboard's built-in graphics capability?
  • Considering card memory, frame rate and speed
  • Why bigger is not always better
  • The three main things to look for in a graphics card
     
• Selecting a Sound Card
  • What is bit rate and why it's important
  • Just as you would with a new receiver for your audio/video suite, look at the card's connectors
  • Consider compatibility with the software you use
    
    
• Selecting a Printer
  • Resolution
  • Speed
  • Economy
  • Maximum paper size and format
    
    
• Selecting a Scanner
  • What is your need?
  • What is your budget?
  • Resolution
  • Size of documents to be scanned

Product Code: UNDU14