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• From the best selling How It Works series, a full-color illustrated book covering Apple�s old and new runaway successes: Power Mac G4, iMac , iBook, Cube, AirPort and more
• An ideal reference for Power Mac, iMac and iBook users seeking to understand the inner workings of exactly how their Apple systems do what they do
• Full-color detailed graphics take beginners and experienced users alike through established and new technologies and terms, illustrating how the new technologies work, including networking, video editing technology, OS 9 and the new OS X

Introduction.

I. INSIDE THE MAC.

II. MAC OS.

III. PROCESSOR AND MEMORY.

IV. DISK STORAGE.

V. GETTING INFORMATION IN AND OUT.

VI. DISPLAY.

VII. NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET.

VIII. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.

Macintosh Operating System [PTG: QUE] (Computer Graphics / Arts)

John Rizzo, co-author or How Macs Work, Bestseller Edition, is a contributing editor for MacUser, a frequent contributor to Computer Currents, and the author of MacUser Guide to Connectivity. K. Daniel Clark, co-author of How Macs Work, Bestseller Edition, is a freelance informational-graphics designer for international print, CD-ROM, and online publishers. Both Rizzo and Clark live in San Francisco.

Have you ever wondered exactly how those beautiful lime or tangerine or blueberry iMacs work? Or how the operating system works on your iBook? Old and new generations of Macintosh users alike can find the answers in How Macs Work, Millennium Edition. Topics include: how different types of memory function, how data is stored, how FireWire transfers huge amounts of real-time digital data from consumer electronics devices like video camcorders into your Mac, increasing Mac speed and maximizing potential, how AirPort provides Internet access and creates networks on Macs without wires, and how Mac�s new digital video editing technology can turn a VHS tape into polished digital video. The book will also explain how the Mac operating system works, including OS X ("OS Ten") the completely new implementation of the Macintosh operating system which features state-of-the-art technology throughout and an entirely new user interface called "Aqua."

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• How Computers Work, 9/E
  White & Downs
  © 2008 | Que Publishing | Paper; 464 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0789736136 | ISBN-13: 9780789736130
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• How Digital Photography Works, 2/E
  White & Downs
  © 2007 | Que Publishing | Paper; 240 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0789736306 | ISBN-13: 9780789736307
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• How Macs Work, Millennium Edition
  Rizzo & Clark
  © 2000 | Que Publishing | Paper; 256 pages | Out of Stock
  ISBN-10: 0789724286 | ISBN-13: 9780789724281
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Appropriate for all introductory-to-intermediate courses on the Internet and/or World Wide Web, or as a supplement to computer literacy courses covering the Internet.

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest Internet technologies and trends, How the Internet Works, Seventh Edition is the industrys leading full-color, visual guide to the Internet. Using large, full-color diagrams, leading author and newspaper columnist Preston Gralla explains every facet of the Internet. Students will first discover how the Internet fits together, and how individual computers can be connected to it. Next, they'll learn how every key Internet application works -- from email to chat, instant messaging to Internet telephony. Gralla shows how Web pages, sites, and servers work; how Web sites work with databases; how scripting works; and much more. He presents extensive, up-to-date coverage of high-profile applications such as music sharing, as well as detailed coverage of Internet security -- from spyware and viruses to cryptography and parental controls. This edition's extensive new coverage ranges from grid computing to Microsoft .NET. How the Internet Works, Seventh Edition will be equally appreciated by students who plan further study on Internet technologies and by those who simply intend to use the Internet.

• How the Internet Works, 7/E
  Gralla
  © 2004 | Que Publishing | Paper; 368 pages | Out of Stock
  ISBN-10: 0789729733 | ISBN-13: 9780789729736
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• How the Internet Works, Single Chapter Download, 7/E
  Gralla
  © 2004 | Que Publishing | Electronic Supplement | Estimated Availability: 09/12/2003
  ISBN-10: 0768667569 | ISBN-13: 9780768667561
  
  
  

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