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Laptops for dummies® /
The fast and easy way to get up and running with a laptop Are you new to the world of laptops? You've come to the right place! Laptops For Dummies covers the many topics and issues unique to laptops, including synchronizing with the desktop, coordinating email pick-up between two machines, remo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Español |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2016.
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| Edición: | Sixth edition. |
| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; And Just Who Are You?; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I This Laptop Thing; Chapter 1 The Portable Computing Quest; The History of Portable Computing; The Xerox Dynabook; The Osborne 1; The loveable luggables; The Model 100; The lunch buckets; Dawn of the PC laptop; The search for light; Modern Laptops; The notebook; The subnotebook; The tablet PC; Chapter 2 A Laptop of Your Own; Do You Need a Laptop?; Why you need a laptop; Why you don't need a laptop; Laptop Shopping.
- Things to ignore when buying a laptopThings to heed when buying a laptop; Software for Your Laptop; The operating system; Other software; Laptop Hardware Buying Decisions; Important laptop hardware guts; Communications options; The green laptop; Service, Support, and Warranty; The Final Step: Buying Your Laptop; Part II Say Hello to Your Laptop; Chapter 3 From Laptop Box to Lap; Laptop Box 101; Removing the laptop from the box; ""How long should I keep the box?""; Sending in the warranty; Set Up Your Laptop; Finding a place for the laptop; Charging the battery.
- ""Should I plug the laptop into a UPS?""Bye Bye, Old Laptop; Deciding when to retire an old laptop; Disposing of the old laptop; What to Do Next; Chapter 4 To Turn On a Laptop; Turn On Your Laptop; Step 1: Open the lid; Step 2: Adjust the lid for optimal viewing; Step 3: Locate the power button; Step 4: Punch the power button; It's Windows!; Running Windows for the first time; Activating Windows; Signing in to Windows; What's Next?; Migrating your files; Reinstalling your favorite software; Adding other accounts; Chapter 5 To Turn Off a Laptop; End Your Laptop Day.
- Keeping the laptop on all the timeFinding the shutdown options; Shutting down your laptop; Restarting Windows; Putting Mr. Laptop to sleep; Hibernating the laptop; Locking Windows; Signing out of Windows; Switching to another user; Shutting down when the laptop doesn't want to; Shutdown Options and Configuration; Setting the power button's function; Determining what happens when you shut the lid; Activating hibernation; Chapter 6 Traditional Laptop Tour; Around Your Laptop; Finding the optical drive; Locating removable storage slots; Attaching the laptop to something sturdy.
- Keeping the air circulatingDiscovering the webcam; Those Pluggable Innable Holes; Look at the Pretty Lights!; This Isn't Your Daddy's Keyboard; Exploring the keyboard layout; Finding the secret numeric keypad; Having fun with the Fn key; Tolerating weird and specific keys; This Isn't Your Momma's Mouse; Using a touchpad; Working the Lenovo TrackPoint mouse; Obtaining a real mouse; Chapter 7 The Tablet PC Tour; Tablet PC Types; The Tablet PC Tour; The Pen Is Mightier than the Mouse; Introducing the digital pen; Finding the pen; Using the pen as a mouse; Touchscreen Text Typing.