Gookin Dan. Laptops For Dummies

4th edition. — Wiley, 2010. — 386 p. — (For Dummies).The Laptop Shall Set You Free — Introducing Your Laptop — You and Your Laptop — Laptop Communications — The Laptop Goes Elsewhere - Troubleshooting and Maintenance — The Part of Tens.This book covers your portable computer from laptop to lap-bottom, inside and out, on the road or resting at home. The information here runs the gamut, from introducing your laptop to making your first wireless connection at some swanky cybercafé. You’ll find this book useful whether you’re just out laptop shopping or consider yourself an old hand.
This book covers laptop computing: from buying and setting up to going on the road to networking and the Internet to power management to security and everything in between. There’s a lot of laptoppy advice to be had between this book’s yellow covers.The laptop experience divided into seven handy parts:
Part I contains an overview of laptop computing, plus a handy how-to guide for buying a laptop to sate your portable computing lusts.
Part II introduces you to your laptop computer, covering basic operation and hardware orientation.
Part III discusses how to use your laptop and gives you important information on power management, printing with a laptop, as well as laptop expansion.
Part IV is about laptop communications, which includes networking and the Internet. The idea is to let your laptop talk with the rest of the world and with a desktop computer (in case you still use one).
Part V deals with taking your laptop on the road and includes a special chapter on the hot topic of laptop security.
Part VI covers laptop troubleshooting in addition to various ways to upgrade your laptop’s hardware and software.
Part VII is the traditional For Dummies Part of Tens — various lists for review or to help you get on your way.