Customer Reviews
LAP FOF DUMMEYS AND INTERNET FOR DUMMETS - By: B. todd, 11 May 2008 
VERY HELPFULL IN EVERY WAY PUT IN LINGO YOU UNDER STAND WITH ALL THE BULL TAKEN OUT ONE RE SAID THAY WHERE FOR USA MARKET NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT THAY GOOD FUN AS WELL AS DOING THE JOB THAY WHERE MADE FOR KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BARRY ENGLAND
Learn and smile... - By: tallpete33, 11 Jan 2008 
I remember buying Windows 3.1 for Dummies many moons ago & it was a big help in my fledgling IT career. Having bought a new PC with Vista pre-installled, I thought it would be a good idea to buy a Dummies book for the new Windows & I'm glad I did. It is a solid & welcome addition to the series, unbiased & informative text, well laid out & the Gary Larson style cartoons give it a friendly feel.
It explains clearly the different versions of Vista, installlation issues & the differences between it & XP. All Vistas quirks & features are described in plain English. A useful crib-sheet lists useful shortcuts to impress your colleagues. Home users & office users alike of any skill level would benefit from this book.
What this book is :
A Windows Vista reference, not a comprehensive training manual - choose what you need to gen up on & look for that chapter. Having said that, working through the book a chapter at a time is of use & would not take months
Useful, un-patronising & pretty funny
What this book is not:
Microsoft propaganda - Rathbone tells it like it is & probably won't be top of Bill Gates Christmas card list for some of his comments
A full blown tech guide for geeks, though they would certainly find it useful (without admitting it of course!)
Great book - no brainer
A Cracking Edition of For Dummies - By: Mr. Dominic Langmead, 02 Jan 2008 After Purchasing Vista & not being able to get to grips with it my dad got me this book,
it explains in great detail how to do everything that you need to do, it uses friendly language & does not insult your intelligence like some books.
I got the one with the free DVD which i have found very useful.
Amazon are the cheapest retailers of this product that i have seen, it comes wrapped in a standard Amazon packaging -- however you must be at home for delivery as it does not fit through your letter box :(
In All buy this book, you will find it useful, either that look on Google & find the answers for free :P
An entertaining book on this new operating system. - By: Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS, 18 Mar 2007 As with alll new Microsoft operation systems there is confusion on how everything works.After a few weeks of trial & error you begin to learn how to work the controlls but what do you do in the meantime struggle on or consult a very informative book written in a intelligent way.
Andy Rathbone has written excellent easy to understand books for most of the Windows systems,especiallly XP which i have found invaluable in correcting mistakes or carrying out tasks that unless you are computer literate may take you ages to figure out.
For a start Windows Vista operates in a similar way to XP but looks & works in a totallly different manner.
What do alll the new control panels do or the different icons stand for.
This book will easily put you right on many of the problems you will eventuallly come across.
It is a reference book or systems manual that you can learn from as you go along.
This new Vista book is sensibly priced & if you already use or are eventuallly going to upgrade to the various Vista programmes in the future then this book is one of the easiest to understand & includes everything you will want to know & alot you may never use but it will be there if you need it.
