That looks like a good book. There's a more recent version at Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Building-Perfect-Barbara-Fritchman-Thompson/dp/0596526865/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4353563-0126336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174930792&sr=8-1">
http://www.amazon.com/Building-Perfect-Barbara-Fritchman-Thompson/dp/0596526865/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4353563-0126336?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174930792&sr=8-1</a><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/26/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Lichti</b> <<a href="mailto:tom@redpepperracing.com">tom@redpepperracing.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jon Sustar wrote:<br>><br>> For what you want, though, my recommendation is to find a friend (or<br>> several) who's a true computer geek, loves talking about<br>> computers, and<br>> has tons of parts around the house, so you can get one-on-one
<br>> instruction with hands-on experience (and current information straight<br>> off the 'net). I really think you'll get much more.<br>><br>><br>> I plan on having a friend or two help me out with this, since I don't
<br>> want to mess something up and ruin something that might be expensive.<br>> However, I would also like to become fairly knowledgable about this<br>> area. I'm majoring in Computer Science and Engineering, and right now
<br>> I'm very strong in the software area, but not very strong in the<br>> hardware area. I've taken Circuits, Electronics, Digital Logic,<br>> Assembly Language, Computer Organization, etc., so I understand how
<br>> computers work at their most fundamental level, but I think it would<br>> also be good for me to know how computers work at their highest level<br>> (IE building them, understanding the different components, brands,
<br>> options, etc.)<br>><br>> Sorry to start this debate. Everyone here just seems to be<br>> knowledgable about everything related to computers, and while I<br>> resorted to Google at first, none of the numerous results I read
<br>> answered my questions.<br>This is quite good: <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildpc/">http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildpc/</a><br><br>Chapter 6 is about building a home theater PC, so I think it's quite
<br>relevant. The author also has a message forum if you have questions.<br><br>Tom<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org
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