About the author: Acclaimed Windows expert Andy Rathbone has written numerous Windows for Dummies guidebooks since 1992. His Windows review for Datamation Why I Like Windows 7 became an Internet classic. In this guide to upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 he provides a sneak peak of his book due this October, Windows 7 […]
About the author: Acclaimed Windows expert Andy Rathbone has written numerous Windows for Dummies guidebooks since 1992. His Windows review for Datamation Why I Don’t Like Vista became an Internet classic. In this review of Windows 7 he provides a sneak peak of his book due this October, Windows 7 For Dummies. ALSO SEE: Andy […]
Nobody refers to Windows Vista as “laptop friendly.” Vista demands high-performance graphics, something lacking in most laptops. And unlike desktop PCs, laptops can’t be rejuvenated by sliding in a new video card. So what’s an owner of an older laptop to do? Here are the tips I used while preparing my three-year-old Sony Vaio PCG-V505 […]
Also see: Windows 7 Review: Why I Like Windows 7, by Andy Rathbone, author of Windows for Dummies guidebooks (May 2009). For more than a year, I poked and prodded my way through hundreds of Windows Vista menus and dialog boxes. But after I finished writing “Windows Vista For Dummies” and “Upgrading and Fixing PCs […]
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