[TriLUG] PC Hardware book recommendation?

[skippy1 at hickorytech.net]

> I'm looking for a book which covers PC hardware,  both for
> maintaining/upgrading older machines and for building new ones.  I'm a
> software guy and I haven't kept up with the hardware as much as I
> should have.
>
> I know that there are lots of such books, I was wondering if anyone in
> Trilug had any particular favorites or ones to avoid.

I've got a copy of "PC Hardware in a Nutshell" from OReilly thats
reasonable or was when I bought it.  It looks like 3rd edition is the
current one and it was printed in July of 03.

Thats the problem with hardware books.  By the time they reach the
shelves, they're out of date.

Skippy