Book Description
Everything casual users need to know to get the most out of their new Windows 7 PCs, software, and the Internet

• The best-selling beginner’s guide, now completely updated for Windows 7 and today’s most popular Internet tools – including Facebook, craigslist, Twitter, and Wikipedia
• Easy step-by-step instructions cover setting up a new PC, getting online, working with digital media, using productivity tools, and much more
• By the world’s #1 author of beginning technology books, Michael Miller

This year, you may be one of the millions of casual computer users that will buy a new Windows 7 notebook or desktop PC. You’ll want to know how to find your way around, get comfortable, and get the job done – without jargon, complexity, or hassle. There’s a book for you: Michael Miller’s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, Windows 7 Edition. It’s the one book that covers everything today’s beginners and near-beginners need to know: not just about Windows, but also about software, hardware, and the Internet. Through 90+ books, author Michael Miller has established an unparalleled track record in explaining complicated concepts simply and clearly, and empowering beginners. Now, he’s thoroughly updated his best-selling Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics to cover today’s user experience – with Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, and today’s hottest online tools, from craigslist and Facebook to Twitter, Wikipedia, and Google Docs. Miller offers step-by-step instructions and friendly, practical advice for making the most of Windows 7′s improvements, including the new taskbar, Action Center, and Aero Snap. Continue Reading »

Book Description

• Builds on the huge success of Laptops For Dummies, now in its second edition
• Eight minibooks comprising nearly 850 pages give laptop owners the detailed information and advice they need to make the most of their computers
• Offers focused content for new and intermediate laptop users, covering laptop basics and beyond, from synchronizing information with a desktop PC and coordinating e-mail between two computers to accessing the Internet or a desktop computer remotely
• Minibooks include laptop basics, software for laptops, accessories to go, traveling with a laptop, security, networking a laptop, sources of power, and upgrading a laptop
• Sales of laptops continue to outpace sales of desktop PCs, with retail laptop sales up 24 percent in the 2006 holiday season

From the Back Cover
10 books in 1 — your key to success with your laptop!

Your one-stop guide to setting up, using, and troubleshooting a laptop

Who’d have thought there was so much to know about such a compact, convenient device? You need this handy book! It helps you pick a laptop, decide what extras you need (or want), use applications for work and play, manage your power supply, join a network, keep your laptop safe and updated, and more. Continue Reading »