PC Hardware A Beginner’s Guide

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PART I The Basics 1 Copyright 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. ...

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CHAPTER 1 The Personal Computer 3 Copyright 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. ...

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Mainframe Computers Until the dawn of the personal computer in the early 1980s, computers were large, multiple cabinet affairs t ...

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The Evolution of Personal Computers There is some argument about what was actually the very first personal computer. Some say it ...

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Chapter 1: The Personal Computer^11 Figure 1-8. The IBM PC AT established the standard for Intel-based personal computers Figure ...

(^12) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Year Event 1961 Fairchild Semiconductor releases the first commercially available integrat ...

Chapter 1: The Personal Computer^13 Year Event 1991 AMD releases its clone of the 386 microprocessor. 1992 Intel releases the 48 ...

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Chapter 1: The Personal Computer^15 AN OVERVIEW OF SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS Okay,let’stakeaquicktourofatypicalpersonalcomputer’sha ...

(^16) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide The items in Figure 1-12 correspond to the following:
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Chapter 1: The Personal Computer^17 Figure 1-14. A notebook computer Figure 1-15. An example of a palmtop computer. Photo courte ...

(^18) PC Hardware: A Beginner’s Guide Regardless of the size of the package, personal computers all have the same six groups of ...

combine the two, replacing the mouse with a touchpad built right into the keyboard. This hybrid style is very common on notebook ...