The First Week with My New PC: A Very Basic Guide for Mature Adults and Everyone Else Who Wants to Get Connected

by Pamela R. Lessing

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892123223
• ISBN13: 9781892123220
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

It's the best!

I bought this as a Father's Day gift for my 89 year old father. He got a new computer and was completely overwhelmed. After attempting to read several other computer books he was about to give up. He is thrilled with this one and is very excited about using the computer again. He said "Finally, a book written in clear, easy-to-understand language that I can follow. This is the best!"

Better than the Dummies series for the Complete New User

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!

Can be enjoyed by any

While The First Week With My New PC was written for the author's 85-year-old mother who is now a PC master, it can be enjoyed by any - including business managers who have resisted the lure of the computer screen. From how to watch the stock market and produce a document to emailing and formatting work, this is packed with fine basics in simple language any can readily understand.

Buy this book for your parents!

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!

Great First Guide for ANYONE Getting Their First PC

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.