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    Books on Windows Vista....technical aspect

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Aznkorealee, Apr 3, 2009.

  1. Aznkorealee

    Aznkorealee Notebook Consultant

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    Ok so I have to write a research report for my university and I've chose to compare the two operating systems: Vista and OS X...

    so I was wondering where I can find these books that deal with the technical aspects of the Windows Vista operating system???

    Because I just can't find any books on these stuff and everything books I've came across are the "How-to" and the "dummies" books and they don't help me...

    So do you guys know any books relating to what I'm talking about???
     
    Aznkorealee, Apr 3, 2009
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  2. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Define "Technical aspects". What exactly do you want to know?
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 3, 2009
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I can't give you a but, but I can tell you where to find the tech resource on Windows.
    http://msdn.microsoft.com
    http://technet.microsoft.com

    These two Microsoft resources provide tons of information.
    You may have to search a bit around the MSDN library, but in theory it can solve/explain everything Windows related.

    One word of warning -thesear very tech savy articles - so if you look up things like RAM management in the MSDN library, its written in "tech jargon".
     
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  4. Aznkorealee

    Aznkorealee Notebook Consultant

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    well I'm looking to compare like the User Interfaces, and securities between the two operating systems since these are mostly the two main "things" to be discussed, and software available and efficient (as someone from the Mac OS X forums have recommended me doing).
     
    Aznkorealee, Apr 3, 2009
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  5. Silas Awaketh

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    You'll get some of the information here. Is it what you're kind of looking for?
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 3, 2009
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Get Windows Internals, 5th Edition, by Mark Russinovich. That book will give you more information than you ever wanted to know about the plumbing and guts of the WinOS family.
     
    Shyster1, Apr 3, 2009
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  7. Aznkorealee

    Aznkorealee Notebook Consultant

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    LOL....well this report that I'm writing is due on the 11th of May, and this book comes out on the 20th of May...so I don't think this book will help me on the report....even though it is something that I was looking for... :p
    I'm sure there is a 4th edition of it...^_^
     
    Aznkorealee, Apr 4, 2009
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