PC Magazine Windows Vista Solutions 12th Edition

While I have been a Vista user for some time now, I have found lots of "secrets" in Vista by reading this down-to-earth book, whose author was one of the beta-testers for the operating system. As a typical "use it and find out what you need to know" computer person, it was neat to find a tool (this book) which easily helped such a person (me) to discover some tools that I didn't know existed.I would therefore recommend this fine book to anyone using Vista, from the beginner who may be lost, to the more experienced user (like me) who thought that he (me) knew all he need to know.

This book is very well written and has helped solved some Vista troubles - but a book is simply not enough to make Vista any more cooperative. Vista takes more of my time than any other version of Windows (or DOS) has ever taken. I'd like to write more but . . . "NOT RESPONDING"

Anything PC Magazine puts out is good. This Vista solutions is par for the coarse. I have not had a lot of time to read it all but what I have is excellent for both begginer to advanced people in this arena.Art G

This book is an excellent introduction to Windows Vista in many ways. If you want to learn about Vista because you've gotten it on your new computer it's great. It has a summary of all the new features and capabilities that Vista brings. In fact, in my experience there's a point to recommend Vista that he doesn't mention, i.e. It's a lot more stable than XP. Vista simply doesn't crash. =But should you upgrade an older system to Vista. Although this book talks a fair amount about upgrading to Vista, the author says on his web site that buying a machine with Vista pre-installed is a lot simpler. That too backs up my own experience. Vista is a lot more tricky about the hardware configuration than older systems. You need a lot more memory - 512 MB is minimum and a gigabyte is recommended. I'd really recommend 2 GB. Your video card now requires 64 MB, with 256 MB recommended. (Do you remember when PC's themselves didn't have that much memory?) And you need a 7200 RPM disk drive.With the price of PC's these days, it's probably cheaper to buy a new machine with Vista installed than try to upgrade, especially if you have to buy memory, video card and a new hard drive.

Don't waste your money. Information is very out of date with all the changes to Vista since the release. Basically a Vista for Dummies type book that does not really delve into why Vista is so quirky and how to fix it (if it can be fixed).

This book is of great help in making the difficult transition from XP to Vista. While Vista is supposed to be intuitive it isn't for long time users of earlier microsoft products. Too much eye candy in Vista! So this book sits next to the monitor and is frequently consulted.

It's A good book and had A lot of good Vista tips ans solutions.