Windows Vista: The Missing Manual

Windows Vista: The Missing Manual - Book Review

October 15, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Books, Microsoft - written by Elliot Gibson

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Windows Vista: The Missing Manuel - Written by David Pogue

Description

Windows Vista is Microsoft’s most important software release in more than a decade. It offers users an abundance of new and upgraded features that were more than five years in the making: a gorgeous, glass-like visual overhaul; superior searching and organization tools; a multimedia and collaboration suite; and above all, a massive, top-to-bottom security-shield overhaul. There’s scarcely a single feature of the older versions of Windows that hasn’t been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.

I just thought this book would be useful for some people and it is quite popular from what I have heard. Also David Pogue is probably one of the best authors for this kind of book. With Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows Vista, the lack of it coming with a manual has made an oppourtunity for others to fill the gap. This wonderful guide to Windows Vista can easily serve as the manual that should have came with Vista. The guide is filled with hundreds of screen shots and a large number of step-by-step instructions for using almost all Vista’s features. The guide has been organized into eight parts, they include:

The Vista Desktop
Vista’s Software
Vista Online
Pictures & Movies
Hardware & Peripherals
Media Center
PC Health
The Vista Network

Some notable points in this missing manual are that the author also discusses the options of either upgrading from XP to Vista compared to the clean installation of Vista. And whether or not you should buy a new PC that handle vista or use an existing one. This manual also contains comments on all of the five versions of Windows Vista.

Pogue is great at providing an expert user’s perspective on working with the operating system efficiently. The Manual is written so that one almost feels that one is getting a one-on-one, hands-on lesson, in using Windows Vista. There is good reason that Pogue has been described as one of the “world’s best explainers.”

This is most likely the best guide out there for the average vista user wanting to know more about the operating system or for someone that just wants to learn how to use it on a day to day basis. David Pogue mentions all the important tips and tricks that one needs to know to enjoy the experience that is Vista.

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