Which edition of windows internals should I read?

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Hello,

I want to get into windows driver development. I heard from the community that before diving into driver development one must be familiar with windows internals that means one must read "Windows Internals by Mark Russinovich.

I'm going to buy this book today. Which edtition should I buy? 4th edition covers Windows XP & Windows 2003 where as 5th edition covers Windows Vista & windows server 2008.

I don't know in driver world how much difference this thing would make. How different are these two editions?

should I first read 4th edition & then come to 5th or should I directly dive into 5th?

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