- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (8 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0321509749
- ISBN-13: 978-0321509741
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.3 x 22.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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With so many books out there on Windows Vista, what makes this one better and different is its focus. While other Vista books can regularly be 500 or more pages, this book cuts through all the technical jargon and gives you exactly what you want: the most important, most requested, and just plain coolest things about Vista that will change the way you work on your PC. Each page covers just one topic, complete with full color photos and screenshots, making it easy to find what you’re looking for fast. You’ll learn how to take advantage of Vista’s newest features in order to better manage your digital photos, secure your computer, play your music, customize your computer’s look and feel, work with video, back up your data, and much, much more.
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With so many books out there on Windows Vista, what makes this one better and different is its focus. While other Vista books can regularly be 500 or more pages, this book cuts through all the technical jargon and gives you exactly what you want: the most important, most requested, and just plain coolest things about Vista that will change the way you work on your PC. Each page covers just one topic, complete with full color photos and screenshots, making it easy to find what you’re looking for fast. You’ll learn how to take advantage of Vista’s newest features in order to better manage your digital photos, secure your computer, play your music, customize your computer’s look and feel, work with video, back up your data, and much, much more.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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a really good book, i have found out about alot more for such a small book. i only wish i had got this one frist.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I originally borrowed this book from my local library and found it so helpful that I decided to buy it.I would recommend it to anyone, who like me ,is not very confident with computers. The language is very straight forward and not too technical.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Quick, easy explanations help transition from XP to Vista
23 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback
I admit it, I'm one of the many XP users who didn't jump to Vista when it was first announced. Stories of the interface, problems with printer compatibility, etc. made me not want to even think about changing operating systems. As a longtime PC user, having made the transition from DOS to the first Windows release years ago; I wasn't looking forward to yet another big change in how I do my work.
Reading "The Windows Vista Book" gave me reason to finally make the switch to Vista. The book has 10 short chapters, easy-to-understand explanations of individual features, and a full-color screen shot highlighting the feature on each page.
It's obvious the editor/author/publisher took care to make it simple to scan the book chapters. Each chapter has a different colored 1/2 inch border at the top of the page with the chapter title which makes it a breeze to distinguish chapters.
Want that tip on Security? Go the chapter with the purple bordered pages. How do I split clips for a movie? Go to the light green bordered pages.
I liked the book since it gave me quick overview of some of the most helpful and exciting features in Vista, without taking up a lot of my time. Chapter 1, with its list of the 10 coolest features in Vista, will get anyone moving away from XP.
The Vista photo managing features explained in Chapter 7, Getting the Most out of Your Photos, were a lifesaver for our family at a recent reunion. With a couple hundred photos shot the night before, I quickly organized, edited, and displayed a slideshow to the family the next morning.
A nice touch - tips are included throughout the chapters, at the bottom of pages, set off by a blue background box.
My only negative comment on the book - the content on each page was one big paragraph, some paragraphs with more than 15 lines. It would have been an easier read to break some of the longer paragraphs into shorter paragraphs.
Reading "The Windows Vista Book" gave me reason to finally make the switch to Vista. The book has 10 short chapters, easy-to-understand explanations of individual features, and a full-color screen shot highlighting the feature on each page.
It's obvious the editor/author/publisher took care to make it simple to scan the book chapters. Each chapter has a different colored 1/2 inch border at the top of the page with the chapter title which makes it a breeze to distinguish chapters.
Want that tip on Security? Go the chapter with the purple bordered pages. How do I split clips for a movie? Go to the light green bordered pages.
I liked the book since it gave me quick overview of some of the most helpful and exciting features in Vista, without taking up a lot of my time. Chapter 1, with its list of the 10 coolest features in Vista, will get anyone moving away from XP.
The Vista photo managing features explained in Chapter 7, Getting the Most out of Your Photos, were a lifesaver for our family at a recent reunion. With a couple hundred photos shot the night before, I quickly organized, edited, and displayed a slideshow to the family the next morning.
A nice touch - tips are included throughout the chapters, at the bottom of pages, set off by a blue background box.
My only negative comment on the book - the content on each page was one big paragraph, some paragraphs with more than 15 lines. It would have been an easier read to break some of the longer paragraphs into shorter paragraphs.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
only for the super non technical
18 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
I bought this book yesterday at a regular bookstore and read it really quickly, very clear and concise. And it made me feel way more comfortable about my new system that is being delivered the end of the week. But as I was talking to a friend about Vista seeming to be very intuitive from this book. He said depends on how ingrained xp is with you. I asked for an example and he said well one is add and remove programs, it is not even called that anymore. Then I realized that this book didn't even touch on the control panel, installing programs. printers and scanners. Or any possible issue you could have.
When I read the introduction they didn't even want to write they said who the book was for, and it sounded like me. I am not interested in all the high end technical stuff but I did want to know the differences in this operating system and xp.
So if this is your first operating system and you don't expect to ever install a program or a printer this book if for you.
All in all I guess it does follow thru on its doing cool things with vista but that is about all it does. This is really just a big fan page for Windows Vista.
When I read the introduction they didn't even want to write they said who the book was for, and it sounded like me. I am not interested in all the high end technical stuff but I did want to know the differences in this operating system and xp.
So if this is your first operating system and you don't expect to ever install a program or a printer this book if for you.
All in all I guess it does follow thru on its doing cool things with vista but that is about all it does. This is really just a big fan page for Windows Vista.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Non-Techi Tech Book!!
15 May 2008
Format:Paperback
This book rocks! If you want a book that can help you get around the complexity of Windows Vista, this is it. The one-page snippets are dead on. Short-explanitory directions with great screen shots too. I feel that if you buy this book to have a relatively easy way to learn the ins and outs of Vista, you won't be dissapointed.
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