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

Author : Mark L. Chambers Edition : 4 Number of Pages : 696 Publisher : For Dummies List Price : $29.99 Amazon Price : $8.98 Used Price : $9.17

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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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I did not get what i sent for by .. c. chartmann (new jersey)
the book is a good book, but this is not what i ordered and had the church order 25 of them and they all came wrong. a day before the graduation of our computer class, i checked the box and it was nothing like we ordered. they said we would get the 8-in-1 with the new Vista information. we had to use the books as the gift anyway, because of me being so busy and trusting i was getting what i ask for, i didnt check the box until the night before graduation. what a fool i gave out 25 books and ordered one for me at home, all the wrong thing. the books went to st augustine's church and my home. even the book they are having me review is not the book i received. i received xp information. 256.00 from the chruch and 15.00 from me. WOW what a disappointment.

any dummy can use by .. Harry B. Graham ()
excellent book for reminding you what you have forgotten because you do not use the tool very often

good reference material - just wish for a little more on XP by .. bill (nb canada)
so far quite good for explaining things simply and quickly. good reference book. too bad it did not have more on windows XP but lots on vista. Big book though and you will have to spend a little time reading same but enjoyable reading so no problem.

PC All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies by .. Katherine S. Tomlinson ()
Received in timley manner. It was in excellent shape and I'm very pleased with the content. Thanks

A Must Have For The Technolgy Challenged by .. Diane C. Stoltz ()
I have a library of the Dummies books. I have a rule, if I have to renew it at the library more than once, I buy a copy.

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Small device, big appeal: ultrahandy, ultramobile, and ultra-low-cost, miniature PCs may one day unseat conventional laptops as the machine of choice for ... (Technological Horizons In Education)

Format : HTML Author : Dian Schaffhauser Number of Pages : 6 Release Date : 2008-10-29 Publisher : 1105 Media, Inc. List Price : $9.95 Amazon Price : $9.95

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Title: Small device, big appeal: ultrahandy, ultramobile, and ultra-low-cost, miniature PCs may one day unseat conventional laptops as the machine of choice for 1-to-1 programs.(1-to-1 computing)(Fresno Unified School District)
Author: Dian Schaffhauser
Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2008
Publisher: 1105 Media, Inc.
Volume: 35 Issue: 9 Page: 20(2)

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One year after introduction, PCS is going strong; inaugurated here, PacBell's digital wireless system now covers entire state. (personal communications ... An article from: San Diego Business Journal

Format : HTML Author : Andrea Siedsma Number of Pages : 4 Release Date : 2005-07-28 Publisher : CBJ, L.P. List Price : $5.95 Amazon Price : $5.95

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on November 17, 1997. The length of the article is 1029 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: One year after introduction, PCS is going strong; inaugurated here, PacBell's digital wireless system now covers entire state. (personal communications services; PacBell Mobile Services)
Author: Andrea Siedsma
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 17, 1997
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Volume: v18 Issue: n46 Page: p4(1)

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Rapid Reference Guide to System 7, the Laserwriter Family, and Microsoft Word 5.0 (Business One Irwin Rapid Reference Series)

Author : Michael Fraase Number of Pages : 300 Publisher : Business One Irwin Computer List Price : $25.00 Used Price : $11.49

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Readers will find an all-in-one, quick reference for the Macintosh software they use the most. Users will no longer need to search through dozens of books for answers about interrelated software--Fraase includes specific instructions for getting System 7, LaserWriter, and Microsoft Word 5.0 up and running.
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A+ All-In-One Certification Exam Guide

Format : Bargain Price Author : Michael D. Meyers Edition : 3rd Number of Pages : 1263 Publisher : Osborne Publishing Amazon Price : $14.21 Used Price : $2.00

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A+ Certification Bestseller Rockets Your Career. Why wait for opportunity to knock when A+ Certification can open doors for you? Now in its Second Edition, Michael Meyhers's bestselling A+ Certification Exam Guide has already shown over 60,000 career-minded professionals how to rocket ahead as a high-paid A+ Certified PC technician. Plus, this proven coaching tool not only prepares you to ace the exam's Core and DOS/Windows modules, it serves as a dependable on-the-job advisor that can hone your technical skills in installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting all major PC hardware, operating software, and peripherals. Complete with a step-by-step study plan, points to remember, trouble spots to avoid, insider tips for taking the exam and more, it makes it a snap to master correct troubleshooting and repair procedures for: *Microprocessors *Power supplies *RAM *Motherboards *Floppy and hard drives *Expansion buses *DOS and memory *Windows 95/98 *SCSI systems *Printers *Modems *Video devices *CMOS and BIOS setups *More

Customer reviews

A little old book, but it works pretty well by .. Wiver (San Jose, Costa Rica)
This is a rather old book, but it does have a lot of niec and interesting content.

Check Out - www.totalsem.com/support/errata/aplus5.htm by .. ()
Before purchasing the book you should access www.totalsem.com/support/errata/aplus5.htm
This webpage show errors and give the corrections for errors in the Fifth Edition of the All In One A+ Certification Book.

Wait For Next Edition by .. ()
CompTIA is updating the test the end of November. So in one month this book becomes obsolete. Keep an eye out for the updated edition that should be published shortly.

All of that aside this is a great book. Beginning with historical back ground then bringing the reader "up to date" helps make these ideas stick. After each chapter there are sample questions that insure you are truly getting it.

Add to that the bonus CD with practice tests and useful utilities that you, as an official CompTIA certified technician, might actually use in the field and you got a no brainer.

Five stars!

Fourth Edition; Good but could be better by .. Harold Woodward (Seaside, CA USA)
The version I have is the fourth edition copyright 2002. I have been working with/on PC's since 1986.

Overall I found this a good preparatory book for the exams. I especially liked the historical perspective Michael Meyers gives at the beginning of many chapters. I did find an occasional mistake in these, but nothing major. I feel the explanations throughout the entire book are simplified enough that someone with little to no experience after studying the book could probably pass the two exams. I expect the sheer size of the book; 1137 pages, 2 1/2 inches thick may discourage some beginners.

I feel at times the author went overboard with his analogies, especially with the ones related to how a CPU works. He does this so much that I could not find a clear definition of the function of the external data bus, in the external data bus section. It was clouded by his analogy. Instead I found it in the questions at the end of the chapter.

I feel in some places the proofreader(s) for the 2002 edition left some things the way they were in previous editions, when they should have been updated for the current technology and prices. A few examples; p 245 "Document the position of the wires for the ...turbo switch, turbo light..." and p 377 "Buying floppy drives one at a time is expensive and a waste of time." (since 2000 I have been buying new floppy drives for $10-$15 individually. I don't consider that expensive.) and lastly p826 "A CDR burner must be specifically designed to support the longer 80-minute CD-R format, something that currently only a minority of CD-R drives do." The author needs to be carefull of using the phrase "all versions of windows". NT does not have Device Manager or a Safe Mode, but "all versions of windows" on page 598 and 546 would leed you to believe so.

I think for the sake of beginners I would have preferred that all of the images of the Celeron SEP package show the side with the actual CPU chip on it. Many show the backside with the circuit traces.

This book did save me money. In the front it suggests to buy vouchers, vice paying the full cost for the exams. I bought vouchers, along with an enhanced version of the practice examinations and still paid less than the retail cost of the exams.

Dispite my criticism of this book I did like the book and I plan on keeping it for a long time to come as reference material. There is no way I could ever have written a book, this in depth, with as few errors as this book has. I passed the hardware exam easily (I took 6 minutes for the adaptive version) and expect to easily pass the operating system exam tomorrow. I only used my experience, this book and an enhanced version of the practice examinations that came with the book.

A new version of the A Plus exam is due fall or winter of 2003. Comptia has already published the new exam objectives, so I would expect a fifth edition of this book early 2004.

Bravo. The best A+ guide. by .. Sandra Isaacs (Oak Park, IL USA)
This All-In-One book has cartoonish pictures and explains basic computer techie stuff. I did extremely well on both exams. I do have a couple years of hands on experience, but I have a habit of buying books and not reading them. However, this book I read cover-to-cover. It may be a bit of overkill in terms of theory for the test. However, I'm a better tech because of doing the exercises. Especially, the ones in the lab manual. For daily reference, I use Upgrading and Reparing PCs.

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