The Ultimate PC Primer: 15 Simple Lessons for Understanding Personal Computers [Paperback]

Ben Kobulnicky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 4, 2011

To those lost, confused, or too intimidated to try personal computing comes The Ultimate PC Primer, leading readers from fear, confusion, ignorance, and discomfort to a place of confidence and understanding. An informal textbook that reads like a computer teacher having a one-on-one chat, it takes the mystery out of the machine and constructs a basic foundation upon which all future PC training can take place.


At a glance, The Ultimate PC Primer:

• painlessly teaches key computing concepts through the use of stories, analogies, and real-world illustrations.
• focuses on long-standing core concepts that span the majority of Windows-based systems.
• prepares the reader to talk "the same language" with PC-savvy instructors, family members, salespersons and tech support.
• works well as a predecessor or supplement to traditional "how-to" guides and computer literacy classes.

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From the Back Cover

If you want to learn to understand personal computers, this may not be the only computer book you ever read, but it should definitely be the first. Like a patient friend, The Ultimate PC Primer guides readers with no previous experience into an understanding of key computing concepts through analogies, imaginative stories, and real-world examples. Newcomers won't encounter a lot of assumptions about how much technical jargon they can grasp. Instead, crucial topics are illustrated through comparisons to familiar everyday things. Written by a PC novice turned computer mentor, The Ultimate PC Primer shares his most important lessons learned and provides encouragement at every turn. It will leave you realizing that you don't have to be a "computer person" to understand personal computing after all.

Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (May 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1456529331
• ISBN-13: 978-1456529338
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,666,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery Solved!, May 14, 2011

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This review is from: The Ultimate PC Primer: 15 Simple Lessons for Understanding Personal Computers (Paperback)

This was great refresher for me! Some things I thought I knew were explained with great analogies that really allowed me to "get it." Don't tell my mom about this post--it will spoil the secret about what she is getting for Christmas. She's really intimidated by computers. PC Primer demystifies the computer and will pave the way for her to enjoy her PC instead of being afraid of it.