First Week With My New PC :A Very Basic Guide for Mature Adults & Everyone Else (Capital First Week) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "I know you are excited because the new computer has just arrived..." (more)
Key Phrases: press the left mouse button, helpful young person, use the right arrow key, America Online, Start Menu, Microsoft Word (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Lessing smartly limits the number of topics . . .extremely basic and practical." -- Library Journal

“Lessing coats her simplifications with humor, and achieves considerable clarity in these instructions.” -- Dallas Morning News

“Packed with fine basics in simple language that any can readily understand." -- Midwest Book Review

“Questions are answered before they even arise . . .the key to the book is the fluid style and friendly hints.” -- Computer Link

Product Description

This book was specifically written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a master, but it was also "field-tested" by adults of all ages. Within one moth everyone was an "expert" - sending and receiving e-mail, using the Internet, writing and correspondence, and playing music and games. You'll "be connected" without the fuss and frustration - just simple step-by-step instructions, no jargon, no complications.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Capital Books; illustrated edition edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892123223
• ISBN-13: 978-1892123220
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #491,190 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book for your parents!, November 7, 2000

By	"scrumpy3" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews

If you're like me you've been spending a lot of time on the phone trying to get your parents hooked up and diagnosing their computer problems and questions via long distance. This book will reduce your phone bills! It even answers the questions your parents are too embarrassed to ask you! Great humor and down to earth instructions for anyone new to computing. Very well thought out as to the type of "problems" new users may run into ("Where is the "any" key? The computer keeps asking me to hit any key."). I highly recommend!

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great First Guide for ANYONE Getting Their First PC, October 11, 2000

By	Neil (Colorado) - See all my reviews

The BEST guide for PC users and for people helping others with their computers. It not only gives simple to follow instructions for doing the basic computer tasks, but also does it with a lot of humor. Really funny in unusual ways and a great read -- the flow of the book is logical. Everything relates easily to what one primarily wants to do with a computer. This book takes the fear out of working on the new machine. It answers questions that the other books do not even consider as important to the inexperienced and also the experienced computer user. The glossary is the most complete one I have every seen. The index is really good and helps you find the the things you need easily, without having to know a lot of computer terms. The appendices are truly helpful divisions of information. The best part is the step-by-step chapter in the back for each task. I wish I had this book when my mother got her computer as it would have saved me a lot of time on the telephone. This is the pre-dummies and pre-idiots book that we all really need.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the Dummies series for the Complete New User, March 4, 2004

By A Customer

I bought this book and a dummies book for my 73 year old father who had never used a computer in his life before. He read both and learned more, and faster from this book - First Week with My New PC. His comment was that this book was the one geared to the complete newbie. He felt that the dummies book required a knowledge base that he, as a brand new user, did not yet have! Definitely highly recommended!