Young@heart: Computing for Seniors

by Mary Furlong

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0078821789
• ISBN13: 9780078821783
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Osborne Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great book - BUT ...............

Young@Heart - Computing for Seniors is an excellent book for anybody who needs to know every little itty bitty detail, in order to really get started with computers. All other books that I have read have frustrating gaps that leave one not knowing how to get from A to B; not so with this book. Everything imaginable is covered, leaving no mystery unturned. My only two gripes are what I consider to be quite important though. First of all the title does not encourage other age groups to consider this book, and that is a big mistake. This book is about the best I've come across, and it shouldn't be assumed by the authors that the rest of us simply don't need it; we DO.Another really sad drawback about this book is that it was originally published in 1996, and I can't understand why it hasn't been updated since then.Please, Ms. Furlong and Mr. Lipson, can you do something about this????????

Young@Heart excellent beginners guide for ALL ages.

As an instructor of an "Internet for Beginners" class, I was a little stumped when one of my students asked for a *really* basic beginners guide to computers in general--everything from vs. key, to using a floppy disk and opening and closing software, etc.--a book that truly starts at the beginning for someone totally new to computers. While there are numerous guides out there that attempt to address this need, my student had been frustrated with every one he had tried (including ones that came immediately to my mind such as the Dummies series). I came across Young@ Heart as a very promising text, and suggested the title to my student. He was thrilled with it. He said it was the only book of the many he had tried that really addressed personal computing from square one. Based on this successful "road test", I will be carrying around my own copy to the classes I teach, and recommend it highly. Hopefully the "for seniors" aspect won't put off people of all ages with a need for a very well done beginners' guide to computing. If you are reading this, maybe YOU aren't a beginner, but I bet you know someone who has asked for help getting started. You may not remember all the stuff that is confusing and mysterious as a beginner. Or you may not be geographically close enough to look over their shoulder as they work. Try using this book--or give it as a gift.

NOT just for Seniors

As a technical support representative for a local Internet Service Provider I found myself recommending this book to customers of ALL ages. This book does something I haven't found in any other book--it starts at the beginning in easy to read and understand language and takes the reader through to "cyberspace." This is not a small undertaking. Everyone to whom I recommended this book has thanked me because it gave them an understanding of computers and software that they could actually put to everyday use. I now recommend this book to employees of the hospital where I am the projects coordinator. I've had the same rave reveiws from them.

Excellent--too bad the title's a turn-off

My only quibble with this book is its title which forces those of us not yet 55 to read it under the covers. I learned a lot and I've been using computers for years; the kind of things "you were afraid to ask"