Customer Reviews

Windows 7 For Dummies Book + DVD Bundle

5 star:		(57)
4 star:		(28)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

Very well written with a gentle humor. The book is written for all levels of computer knowledge. You can skip around and read subjects where you need help or have an interest. I chose to start studying at the beginning and even found the basic level of information interesting. Andy has a way of pointing out the secrets of Windows 7. He even taught me several points about Windows XP in the process.

The DVD is excellent and covers the basics of Windows 7. The book deals in the depth but the DVD gets you off and running and you can learn from there. Windows 7 is a good operating system but when you jump from XP to Win7 there are gaps that are not obvious. The DVD gets you up to speed quickly.

I think the DVD and book package are well worth the price. I have recommended it to several people already. They agree with me that it is a good purchase.

This is a very good book if you want to learn all of the tricks of the new Windows 7 operating system. As a plus it comes with a DVD that will step you through some of the basics. As an experienced computer user I would recommend this book to anyone who has recently upgraded from XP to WIN7. It will help you navigate all of the new features.

This book has been a real help to me getting started with Windows 7. I've moved everthing that I had on a computer with Vista to this new computer with 7 and what a blessing. I am truly thankful to never have to do Vista again even with all the work to set up new in 7. I could have updated on the old computer, I guess, but decided why not start new. This book and two others--"Windows 7 Step by Step" and "Windows 7 plain & simple"--have been a great help in making the transition.

Windows 7 is complex so the book seems that way also but is much easier if you just go to the section that pertains to the subject you need help with.

The video on DVD that comes with this book is also great. I watched the whole thing but that is not necessary. Again you can go to the part of the video that has the subject matter you need. The fact that you can see what is being done is very helpful although you may need to watch it a few times for it to sink in. I did.

I will keep it next to my computer and refer to it from time to time as the need arrises.

Andy Rathbone, the author, must really know his stuff. This is not his first book on the Windows operating system. He did a little beating of his own drum by telling me in his book and video that he has written all the previous Windows for Dummies books so far. Like I said, he knows his stuff.

Windows 7 for Dummies is a great book. Well written and is really fun to read. I'm reading it from cover to cover in hopes that some of it will sink in. Even if it doesn't, I can always refer to it when the time is right.

If you buy this book I believe it will be well worth the price.

Windows 7 For Dummies Book + DVD bundle

Hal

Husband has read this book page by page - found it to be very informative and easy to understand. Uses it to review applications he wants to try out - can't be without it. This book has made using Windows7 easy to use now. Would definitely recommend buying this at this great price - excellent condition. The DVD is a plus.

This book is written for the person with very little computer experience. I just got a new computer with Windows 7 on it, so I was looking for essentially some sort of user manual that will tell me everything Windows 7 can do. However, most everything in this book is extremely basic that anyone with the most rudimentary computer knowledge will already know (ie: folders are used for organizing your information). Very little in here is actually specific to Windows 7, but more of a generalized overview of any Windows system, including XP and Vista.
If you have no knowledge of how computers work to the point that you're scared to touch one, yeah, this book might be right for you.

Such prompt service but I haven't had time to use the DVD yet. Book is very helpful, easy to find subjects I want info about, written in layman's English, not computer-eez.

Andy Rathbone's Windows 7 for Dummies has been my major read for just over a month now, and I have completed all 398 pages with a highlighter. Andy's humor and writing style make it easy to stay with the text throughout, and my highlighting many key areas of specific interest make it easy to refer to just those areas I need to find when I'm at my computers.

I have upgraded my HP Media Center Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate with no problems, and this book taught me not to try a downwards upgrade. This means not to go from a Vista Ultimate to a less-than-Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade. I've had lots of computers over the years, and this Windows 7 Ultimate combination so far has been sensational -- much faster and better in every way than Vista. Thanks to Andy's book, I have learned a lot about the incredible things Windows 7 can do for me. Processing photos and videos is so much more enjoyable, as I have pulled out and reprocessed my dozens of Zip disk photos, graphics, and videos. Sorting and cataloguing them has gone quickly, with Andy's help, and I heartily recommend Windows 7 for Dummies before you get too deeply into your new Windows 7 application.

The smaller figures of the many figures in the book were difficult for my 73 year old eyes to make out, so I highlighted the text references to these figures, as well as the figures themselves, to make it easier to make the connection on my subsequent speed-reading pass-throughs. If this had not slowed me down a bit, this would have been a five-star review. I feel the publisher could fix this.

Striker0800

I found this book, along with the DVD, to be most helpful to someone using Windows 7 for the first time. If there is previous experience with Windows 98 or XP, Windows 7 can be used almost immediately, but all the enhancements are not intuitive, and there are many. "Windows 7 For Dummies" makes this transition easy, but it recommended that the entire book be read and the DVD viewed in its entirety to fully appreciate the nuances.

I was disappointed in this book. I have been on Widows since we moved over from DOS. This book seems to be for someone who is no where near that relm.

I see features of W7 on advertisements on TV that I can't figure out even though I've been on W7 since Vista Beta. I still can't figure it out, and I can't find it in this book. They didn't design W7 for me...or maybe they did but just can't communicate how I can find what I want.

I thought that this would be about the new features that Windows 7 would bring to the table. Guess not.
It seems to be all about the functionality of Windows in general. That's not what I wanted. I know how to create a folder.

Maybe I misunderstood the intent of the book. I've been in IT for over 20 years and am not new to upgrades.

It's really not working for me. I'll try the DVD, but I'm not hopeful.

Frank