An essential companion for multimedia enthusiasts, this handbook offers the layman an understanding of all relevant hardware, software, authoring, and distribution issues. Rosch covers it all in a user-friendly, hands-on exploratory fashion. The CD includes a demo version of some of the multimedia software and development tools covered in the book, as well as other utilities.

Explores the potential of Pentium processors, the function of the motherboard, disk interfaces, safety issues, mass storage technology, display systems, parallel and infared ports, and audio technology.

With this book, you'll learn enough to become an expert in your own right. The Winn L. Rosch PC Upgrade bible will provide the guidance you need to decipher how things come apart and fit together again, what parts to where, which details demand your particular attention.