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Chapter 7Operating Systems

We have all the hardware in place for our PC to reach its high-end potential. But without an operating system to instruct all these pieces to talk to one another, we just have an organized collection of metals and plastics. This brief chapter will discuss the operating systems we can install that will bring to life the hardware we assembled.

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