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Publisher: Quality Media.com Private Limited^® (QMPL), April 2001. Pages 223. Paperback. Size: 24 cm (9.5") x 18 cm (7.1") (w) x 1 cm (0.4"). Price Rs. 225 (India), Rest US $15. ISBN 81-87932-00-7.

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Quality Media.com Private Limited^® (QMPL)

A Diverse Global Media Company 

Before you buy a Personal Computer (PC), you must read this book. 

This book is applicable to IBM-compatible PCs.  If you are planning to buy a Macintosh PC, do not buy this book. 

Main topics included are:

• Gives a good understanding of PCs

• Details of how to buy a PC and notebook computer

• Explains how to set up a PC

• How to use a PC

• Covers in detail the Internet and the Internet use

• Discusses Microsoft's Windows Me

• Provides details of important software used in PCs

Divakara K. Udupa is a well-known writer of computer books with a wide range of experience in computer and telecommunications industry.  He is the author of two successful and widely acclaimed books ― Network Management Systems Essentials and TMN: Telecommunications Management Network, both published by McGraw-Hill, USA. 

  Price: Rs. 225.00 India

             US $15.00 Rest                            ISBN 81-87932-00-7

 

Book Organization

Book Description

This simple PC guide is a must for PC buyers and current PC users. Though we can devote a separate book for each of the following parts, we have covered the important topics in one book. So, each topic has been very carefully selected and presented. 

Part 1: Details of a PC

It is essential for every PC user to know the basics of a PC. For this reason, we have included the basic concepts of a PC in Part 1. Each topic starts with fundamentals and then goes into more details on hardware, software and the Internet. After we look into commonly used hardware in a PC, we introduce the concept of software and many software related terms. We discuss in detail window and terms associated with a window. We also examine different software applications.

The use of the Internet has become a part of the PC use. So we have provided due importance to the Internet and Internet applications. We introduce the concept of the Internet, the e-mail, and other basic terms used in the Internet. We cover in sufficient detail important Internet applications such as web browsers, search engines, videoconferencing, and so on.

Part 2: How to Buy a PC?

For new PC buyers, we provide a good amount of hints on how to buy a PC. We also highlight some of the common mistakes we tend to make and how to avoid them. In this part, we present some of the possible PC configurations for new PC buyers.

Part 3: How to Use a PC?

This Part starts with the important topic of how to set up a PC and connect different PC components. Learning how to use a PC with correct postures is very important. So, there are useful hints on how to properly setup and use a PC.

We discuss Windows Me in detail. As Windows Me is regarded as Windows 98 third edition, Windows 98 users can also benefit from the discussion of Windows Me included in this Part.

Word processors have some common features. From this point of view, the discussion of Windows Works is applicable to most of the word processors.

There is enough emphasis on setting up the Internet. We cover in detail popular Internet applications such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, E-mail, Chat and Newsgroups. The coverage provided on the Internet and Internet applications makes this book stand apart in comparison to similar PC books.

This book provides useful tips for using a PC, the Internet and software. We have also summarized some of the common problems and solutions to rectify them. We have separate sections on upgrading hardware and software. A section on future trends is included to help the readers.

Appendices

Appendix A has a list of software and hardware vendors. Appendix B has a rich collection of URLs of web sites on a wide-range of topics. The range of topics and URLs included is quite exhaustive for a book of this type.

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