Review of PC's for Dummies Quick Reference [ILLUSTRATED] (Plastic Comb)

this book offers many practical tips for everything about pcs. the section on setting up a pc is helpfull.

Product Description
Dan Gookin, author of DOS For Dummies and PCs For Dummies, is an unparalleled expert at helping beginners understand and use computers. He brings that expertise, with the help of co-author, wife, and Parenting For Dummies author Sandy Gookin, to PCs For Dummies Quick Reference. This new edition to the ...For Dummies Quick Reference series is an ideal reference for any beginning PC user who needs immediate answers to computing questions at their fingertips. The lay-flat book offers help in setting up a PC, using the basic Windows applications, and getting on the Internet. The book also helps users who want to improve their PC with upgrades or new hardware.

From the Publisher
Getting Around This BookIf you're new to computers, take a look at the first part of this book, The Big Picture.The Big Picture gives you an overview of PCs and provides helpful cross-references to other things you do with a PC.Or jump in at any part, where you find an alphabetical listing of the topics covered.

Get the lowdown on keyboards, Windows, disk drives, files, printing, software, the Internet, maintenance, peripherals and add-ons, troubleshooting, and just plain old having fun with your PC.

A handy appendix offers our very own Top Ten list:

Ten Things Worth Buying for Your PC.

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Review of PC Upgrade & Repair Simplified, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

I have checked several "pc upgrade" books which are in great details but vague. This one has only 225 pages and the best thing of this book is that it practically shows you with images rather than giving you more technical info to make it more complicated. That's why I found it so easy....! to follow. If you really want to learn how to repair or upgrade your pc, then save some money and buy this one.

Product Description
The premier full-color guide to PC upgrade and repair is back -- and better than ever! Now updated to cover all of the latest technologies, from Pentium III and USB to Firewire and DVD drives, this book remains the easiest guide available for visually oriented PC do-it-yourselfers, with more than 1,000 step-by-step illustrations accompanied by short, to-the-point captions.

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Review of PCs All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)

excellent book for reminding you what you have forgotten because you do not use the tool very often

Product Description
Need the scoop on Windows Vista? How about Office 2007? Anything you need to know about using your PC can probably be found in PCs All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, 4^th Edition.

This handy guide is made up of eight convenient minibooks, so you can find what you need in a hurry. And in case you think you've seen it before, this fourth edition is fully updated for all the newest, coolest stuff. Want a guided tour of the Vista operating system and how it differs from XP? Check out minibook #2. Have you heard about Microsoft Works but aren't sure what it's about? Find out in Book #4. Planning to network all the computers in your home? Minibook #8 is just what you need. The entire repertoire includes

• PC Hardware
• Windows Vista
• The Internet
• Microsoft Works
• Office 2007
• Fun With Movies, Music, and Photos
• Upgrading and Supercharging
• Home Networking

For all the things you probably do with your PC - browsing the Internet, e-mail, word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, organizing and sharing digital photos and video, downloading music - you'll find you can get right to the point and discover what you want to know, quickly and easily. You'll want to keep PCs All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies, 4^th Edition handy, say on your desk, maybe?

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Review of Fix Your Own PC (Paperback)

This book covers everything you need to repair, maintain or upgrade a personal computer.The textcovers legacy and more recent hardware.It's informative and is enhanced with plenty of photos and charts to makecomputer repair/upgrading easier for both veteran and novice.I built mycomputer using this book.The appendices include trouble-shooting flowcharts, lists of companies selling what you need and lists of valuablesoftware utilities available, amoung other items.It even covers all youneed to know about peripherals.In the four months since I've purchasedit, it's proven to be an invailuable reference.



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Review of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Professional Projects (Paperback)

Be sure that there is nothing professional about this book. It is certainly one of the worst out there. The applications you build in the book are based on code of the lowest quality. Nothing object oriented here. It has nothing to offer to the intermediate user and above and will introduce the beginner to some very bad programming habbits.

Don't be fooled that it 'll let you build a full video kiosk application. The intermediate could do with no effort and the beginner won't understand what and why, simply because it just throws totally basic code and explains nothing. Not even the SQL.

Then half of the content is of (the much ridiculus) style: "Now that we learned this, let's go and learn this"(end of section), next section: "in the previous section we learnd this, now let's go and learn this", or,"figure X shows ..." (figure) "as shown in figure X...". Irritating the least. I just adopts a "tell it to a ten years old" manner but actually says nothing usefull.

Bottom line: just don't buy.

Product Description
Learn how you can use Visual Basic.NET to accomplish real-world, professional tasks. Incorporating five hands-on projects, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of Visual Basic .NET. Use the projects to enhance your skills as you upgrade a Visual Basic application to Visual Basic .NET and create a mobile Web application. Each project focuses on a specific VB.NET concept and is based on a real-world situation. You will be able to use the skills that you develop throughout the book to modify the projects as needed to fit your professional needs.

About the Author
Pooja Bembey is an instructional designer for NIIT Ltd.In the KSB division, Pooja has had the opportunity to work on varied technical assignments involving designing, developing, testing, and implementing Instructor-Led, Web-based, and Classroom-based training courses.She has developed courses in areas such as Forte for Java, StarOffice, Linux, and Solaris.She has also developed courses on the Sun Fire Midframe range of servers.

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Review of Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Fast & Easy (Paperback)

I have been using a Mac since 1989 and was floored when I got my new iMac and couldn't figure out where to even find files!! I bought this book out of deperation and it has been invaluable in helping me figure out everything from how to set up printers in Classic mode to making MP3s to burning CDs. And it is EASY to follow (follow by picture). Buy it.

Product Description
Relax. Learning how to use Mac OS X 10.2 is now a breeze. Using this book as your guide, you'll master its many features in no time. From the basics of folders and files to managing multiple users, this book covers everything you need to get up and running quickly with the latest version of this popular operating system.

About the Author
Lisa A. Bucki, currently residing in Fairview, North Carolina, has spent six years as a consultant, author, technical writer developer, and trainer.She has more than twelve years of experience with computer book publishing.She has developed over 100 computer book titles and has been an author, co-author, contributor to more then 35 books and multimedia titles, including "Keynote Fast & Easy" (Premier Press, 1592001297), "Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Fast & Easy Web Development" (Premier Press, 159200119X), Adobe Photoshop Digital Darkroom(1931841926, Premier Press), Mac OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar Fast & Easy" (1592000444, Premier Press), and "Managing Microsoft Project 98" (Premier Press, 0761519866).

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