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Network Know-How: An Essential Guide for the Accidental Admin
Apr 16th
Broadly, Network Know-How: An Essential Guide for the Accidental Admin covers what exactly a network is and the hardware involved, planning and installing a network, and connecting devices to it. The 17 chapters that make up this book can be broken into the first four that explain what a network is and some of the physical parts that make up a network. The next four chapters cover designing a network and the actual process of building the network and finally the rest of the book covers how to use your network and add various devices, including game consoles, to it.
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Taking your iPhone to the Max
Jul 27th
At the start, this book does cover a lot of material that can be found in the iPhone’s manual. This means that the phone itself and each software application is given a pretty thorough coverage over the approximately 180 pages in the book. Apart from the software, the workings of the iPhone’s hardware features are also covered in some depth. As a manual supplement, the book does a good job, taking the reader right from unpacking, activation and to using the built-in applications.
However once your past that, Taking your iPhone to the Max has a lot of coverage of other software More >
Building the Perfect PC
Jan 15th
The first chapter is on the fundamentals. This covers what to know before starting out- the tools to have, basic hardware knowledge, etc. Here they cover the general layout of modern motherboards, some of the supplies you should have on hand like (screwdrivers, flash light, etc.) and some good safely tips (for both you and your expensive newly-purchased parts).
The next chapter then goes more into depth on choosing components, tips on buying and what to look for beyond the price. Who is this book written for? I’d say if you’re already comfortable opening up your PC and installing, say, a More >
