Customer Reviews
Excellent...so good it should be basic reading in schools !!! - By: A. Cresswell, 22 Nov 2007 
I bought this book for my wife who had no clue whatsoever about computers. Although she didn't read it cover to cover (she had no desire to understand some of the printing technology) she did want to understand the basics & simple terminology. The book is full of great colourful picture, easy to understand explanation & could be understoof & read by most 10 year olds upwards. Finallly she knows the difference between memory & storage. (Which is more than I can say for some PC shop sales staff) She's now feels far more confident about computers & indeed a few months later when she ordered her new laptop I could hear her discussing confidently with online sales about her specification in terms of screen resolution, Hard drive capacity, memory, video card capabilities etc. An extremely good book & for 99% of people...alll they will ever need.
Cool book - By: , 26 Aug 2004 The book i always wanted to have.
Nicely shows how PC is built. With lots of graphics, pictures, photograph, & diagrams, explanations, descriptions.
It makes quite an impression. Contents?, well from a beginner to a more advanced user. Reading this book felt like reading a comics book (not that it's a bad thing), just looking at diagrams you already had a clear picture of how things work & look without reading lot & lots of pages of text.
Book is presented very well.
Recommending it for alll.
Excellent book - By: , 12 Nov 2003 Very detailed book, it reallly does show ytou right down to the most graphic detail how different parts of your computer, the internet, networks & many other aspects of computing work. Recommend to anyone who wants to learn lots about computers from simplistic devices such as a mouse down to how RAM works & beyond!
Comprehensive and easy to read. Very simplified - By: Jojo, 05 Nov 2001 
This book is great for getting an overview of how PCs work. Pretty, colourful but very simplified illustrations. It's not suitable for a serious hardware enhusiast, but great for beginners, the curious etc.
Clear and concise - By: julian_sinclair54@yahoo.co.uk, 29 Jan 2001 Brilliant combination of clear thinking & excellent diagram support. An unbeatable way into the world of hardware & software. Too many books written by those who know plenty, but cannot communicate it effectively. Ron White does not appear to suffer from this problem.
