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Title: Windows 2000 Professional for Dummies by Andy Rathbone, Sharon Crawford ISBN: 0-7645-0641-2 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: If you need the bare minimum...
Comment: There is two sides to this book. In one respect it is not nearly as comprehensive as it should be, in the other, it is ideal for someone who knows nothing about computers. Windows Professional for Dummies takes you through the bare minimum of features on a step-by-step basis. The advantage of this is that you don't have to be a genius to use the book, but the disadvantage is that you don't get as much out of the book as you would have liked. When my father first started using a PC he knew nothing about it and this book was a great start for him. I am impressed by my father's progress since he received this book, but I realize that most of his progress was through trial and error, not through this book. If you have to learn how to click a mouse, this book is great, if you want to be able to do more, I would recommend you look for another book.
Rating: 3
Summary: not as helpful as other dummies guides
Comment: Although I enjoyed the usual snide tone of this dummies book, my major complaint is that it never gets beyond the dummy level. I read the whole book in one sitting -- now I'm hardly a computer genius and have only had Windows 2000 for a week, but I only learned THREE new tricks from this entire book! I never thought of myself as a computer jock, but this book had such basics that I began to feel like a true nerd. There are other major things I wanted to learn about windows 2000: why does it make my passwords look 3 times their normal size? Is that some kind of encoding thing? I'm sure there are other aspects to learn besides 3 ways to copy a folder or file. Unless you haven't spent any time at all with Windows (any edition), you probably won't learn all that much from this very basic book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Written for the stupid
Comment: As a programming professional for over 25 years, I routinely use the "For Dummies" books to get a quick introduction to a new topic. My problem with this book is that it is written with the attitude that the reader is stupid, not ignorant. Ignorant means you don't know, stupid means you cannot learn. From the beginning, the author treats his reader in a condescending fashion, which serves to turn off, not inform.
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Title: Windows 2000 Professional for Dummies Quick Reference by Valda Hilley ISBN: 0764503405 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 04 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Office 2000 for Windows for Dummies by Wallace Wang, Roger C. Parker ISBN: 0764504525 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 07 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Word 2000 for Windows for Dummies by Dan Gookin ISBN: 0764504487 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 07 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Windows XP for Dummies by Andy Rathbone ISBN: 0764508938 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Windows 2000 Pro: The Missing Manual by Sharon Crawford ISBN: 0596000103 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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