PC Repair Bench Book Reviews
PC Repair Bench Book
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Review by Gary E. Albers for PC Repair Bench Book
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Hendrik Olaerts is 100% correct in his review (19 May 2006), when he describes this book as “outdated.” But I feel more needs to be said, and my opinion of this book differs greatly from most of the earlier reviewers. What I fear is that someone might be looking for a good technical book on legacy PCs. Gilster’s book would NOT be a good choice!
I’ve spent most of the last eleven years traveling in third world countries, after leaving a long-term job running and maintaining a PC lab at a community college. I fear that someone working in these more remote places might want to buy this book as a technical introduction to legacy PCs, because such PCs are common in much of the world outside the U.S. and a few other industrialized countries. One can still find PC ATs and even XTs.
Having read the whole book, I feel the author has made a number of technical errors, used misleading and confused explanations for many technical subjects, glossed over numerous important nitty-gritty configuration topics, and dwelt much too often on unnecessarily detailed treatment of relatively trivial matters. For anyone new to PC technology (i.e., anyone without enough technical knowledge to be able to recognize the mistakes and misconceptions), this book would be a very poor choice.
For only about $6 more, you can buy the latest edition (currently 17th) of Scott Mueller’s excellent book: Upgrading & Repairing PCs, which I highly recommend. For those interested in legacy systems, Mueller’s book has always included a CD with earlier editions in PDF format. You can go as far back in PC history as you like.
Let the uninitiated be forewarned. There’s probably a good reason why Wiley Publishing, Inc., has never issued a second edition of this book. I’m used to expecting better than this from Wiley.
Review by for PC Repair Bench Book
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This is the second book by Ron Gilster I have used to learn more about computers. I thought at first I may have made a mistake with this book in that it may be too advanced for me, but that was not the case, for the most part. My husband, who works in computing, says that this book covers all of the basic problems a repair technician would need help with, which is what worried me, since I am not a technician by any stretch of the imagination. I am an office manager stuck with the job of supporting our computer network. The background and explanation of how things work and why they can go awry is very helpful to me in understanding what a problem may be, how to explain it to the serviceperson, and in knowing if the right things are being fixed. Thanks, Mr. Gilster. I am a devoted fan!
Review by for PC Repair Bench Book
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Agreeing with the previous review 100%. This is an excellent book, and I can lift it over my head, so it won’t be such a pain in the butt to drag around with me. At around 800 pages, it’s still a hefty reference, but a little more manageable than some of the bigger books out there. The language is plain. The organization is sensible, and I appreciate the many genericized diagrams in addition to photos. Photos are nice, but the diagrams make it easier for me to figure out what I’m looking at from machine to machine. I wish more hardware books were put together like this one.
Review by Hendrik Olaerts for PC Repair Bench Book
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Well, this is a book for and from the previous millennium ; talks about A:/fdisk ; disks smaller then 512 Mbyte. Pages all about IDE-hard disk, their connectors with photographs and all; in short : out of time.
Review by NancyP for PC Repair Bench Book
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If you want to know how things really work in your computer this is a good all round book to keep around as a resource for problems and sort of fun to read in general.