Laptops For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Gookin
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 0470277599
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.16
EAN: 9780470277591
ASIN: 0470277599
Publication Date: September 22, 2008
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Laptops For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to use your laptop to its fullest potential, from how to purchase a laptop and what to do when you first open the box to how to keep your laptop safe and running smoothly. You will discover how to choose and purchase the right laptop for you, how to set up and maintain your laptop, customize user accounts, adding your laptop to networks, printing, and connecting to the Internet. In this updated and revised edition, find information about synchronizing with the desktop, coordinating email pickup between two machines, remote access to the desktop, networking, power management, storage, and especially laptop security. You’ll find out how to: - Navigate all your laptop’s components
- Use keyboard shortcuts and a mouse
- Organize and manage files and accounts
- Print files and add your laptop to a network
- Properly equip your laptop carrying case with tools and resources
- Manage the power supply
- Add software tools to synchronize and update files between a laptop, a PDA, and a desktop or office server
In addition to the basics, find lists of ten battery tips and tricks, ten handy laptop accessories, and ten things you should keep in your laptop carrying case in Laptops for Dummies, 3rd Edition, a convenient and handy guide!
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 Laptops for Dummies November 18, 2008
This is a good basic way to learn about laptop computers. I received it quickly, and Amazon and the sender were both very helpful.
Laptops for Dummies - A critical eye. July 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A comprehensive volume which goes far to fill in the many gaps left by
the inadequate, sketchy, and obscure "instructions" issued with the
laptop. Obviously, there is never going to an all-embracing book for
computers in general, and all of my books on PCs make only passing
references to laptops -- almost as if laptops were beneath their
notice. This is an excellent book and far less frightening than
"Prostate Cancer for Dummies".
 laptops for dummies February 25, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very helpful book, with lots of information, a must to read before you consider buying a laptop
Great for beginners, and advanced users, too! January 1, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my mom and dad, who just recently had their very own notebook computer. The text is easy to read and not intimidating, and it is also a good read for advanced users who want to step back a bit to cover the basics of a laptop.
He Knows what He is Talking About January 3, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Buying a laptop should be easy. I want a system that is very powerful, weighs almost nothing, has a huge screen but small overall size, and runs forever on its internal battery. Unfortunately such a system is hard to find. Therefore you have to make compromises.
And in reading this book I find that I pretty much agree with the analysis Mr. Gookin makes. And I base that on having had about a dozen of them down through the years.
First, decide what you're going to use it for. I use it for programming, especially web programming so I need a web server, a database and some other web software.
That fits into his second comment, decide what software you're going to use. OK, that's a given. Windows (not Apple or Linux).
Screen size - smaller is better for me because the overall system can then be smaller. I'm just looking at code most of the time and don't need graphics.
Service & Support - as he says, go with a big name company, look carefully at the extended warranty. The extra money was worth it when laptops were $2,000+, I'm not so sure now that they've gotten so cheap.
Battery life used to be important and I carried three batteries around. Now with most aircraft having power available it's not nearly so important - and besides batteries are heavy. I've found power outlets in airports, coffee shops, libraries, on trains and other obscure places. I now only carry only one battery.
Physical security, get one of the tie down devices that connect your laptop to the desk. This is especially a problem at college.
I find I'm talking my own ideas. I didn't mean to start preaching. After all these points and more are included in the book. This fellow knows what he is talking about.
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