This came highly recommended as a way of getting into basic computing. So far, so good. I've only had it for a couple of weeks, but i've learned how to do several things since which were total greek when I started. At least it's written in a way that's easily understood by the average idiot. It's reasonably up to date too, which most of these books are not. I bought one recently which "Will bring me up to date with the new Windows 98". My laptop seems quite happy with what i'm doing, so I must be getting something right here and there. Quite well recommended.