Product Description

Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using this operating system right away. Written by "New York Times" columnist, bestselling author, Emmy-winning CBS News correspondent and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book will help you:

• Navigate the desktop, including the fast, powerful and fully integrated desktop search function
• Use the Media Center to record TV and radio, present photos, play music, and record all of these to a DVD
• Breeze across the Web with the vastly improved Internet Explorer 7 tabbed browser
• Become familiar with Vista's beefed up security, and much more

Windows Vista is a vast improvement over its predecessors, with an appealing, glass-like visual overhaul, superior searching and organization tools, a multimedia and collaboration suite, and a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield reconstruction. Every corner of the traditional Windows operating system has been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.

Aimed at new and experienced computer users alike, Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual is right there when you need it. This jargon-free book explains Vista's features quickly and clearly -- revealing which work well and which don't.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50720 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-25
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 423 pages

About the Author
David Pogue, Yale '85, is the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. With nearly 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, having written or co-written seven books in the "for Dummies" series. Pogue is the creator and lead author of the bestselling Missing Manual series. Books in the series cover a wide range of topics, including Mac OS X, Windows, iPod, Microsoft Office, iPhoto, Dreamweaver, iMovie, and many others. His Web page is www.davidpogue.com, and his email address is david@pogueman.com.

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Customer Reviews

Fantastic
A great publication, which will be a permanent addition to my reference library. Promptly and efficiently handled, another fine job by Amazon.

Nice But Unnecessary
'Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual' by David Pogue is the first Missing Manual book that I have to lean towards giving a thumbs down. Where the Missing Manual line of books continues to be some of the best things out on the market today in terms of content, layout, writing and style, this edition fails to achieve the lofty results of other books in the series. The simple reason why this book is not well received by me is due to the fact that they have the words "for Starters" in the title. Why the decision was made to split up the topic of Windows Vista into 2 books is beyond me. While the content within is still good (Basics, Start Menu, Mail, Layout, etc.), I feel that this is a serious case of "double dipping" where the publisher decided to split content into 2 books to increase profits. There simply is NO reason to do this, put all the content into 1 book and leave it at that. Not only is it cleaner, it makes it look like less of an attempt to sponge off extra $$$ from ignorant readers.

Unless you are the most basic of Vista users and don't want a longer reference book, save your money and just pick up the regular Vista Missing Manual text instead. This book isn't bad, just unnecessary.

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A Wonderful Starter!
This book delivers just what the title promises; Windows Vista for Starters. It's even readable and non-techie.
I found the following explainations lucid and useful:
- The differences between the 5 versions of Vista.
- The new features of Vista and Aero.
- Ripping and Burning CDs.
- Handling Photographs.
- Security and users.(some real useful stuff here)
Microsoft should provide this book to every new user of vista.
The book is well made and nicely covered as well.