Changes in the Third Edition
The third edition presents extensive new material along with significant updating and reorganization of the first and second editions. Objectives of the third edition include the following
- Cover important new features of Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 along with Win64 migration.
- Make obsolete Windows 95, 98, and Me (the "Windows 9x" family), since Windows XP is now provided with personal systems and Windows 9x limitations are no longer relevant.Chapter 9 is new, as are some examples in Chapter 10.
- Emphasize the increasingly important role and new features of Windows 2000 and 2003 in running high-performance, scalable, multithreaded server applications.
- Study performance implications of different program designs, especially in multithreaded programs with synchronization and when running on symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems.
- Incorporate reader and student feedback to fix defects, improve explanations, improve the organization, and address numerous details, large and small.
