The ideal guidebook for first-time computer buyers and readers looking to buy a second or third computer or upgrade an existing system
Includes critical information buyers need to make wise decisions, with checklists and tearsheets they can take to the retailer for reference
Features at least twenty-five percent new content, including information on the Pentium 4, Tablet PCs, flat screens, DVD-ROM, CD-RW drives, and other technological advances since the previous edition
Analysts forecast a rebound in the PC market in 2003 and 2004, with a sizeable increase predicted for desktops and notebooks
Written by the author of the original For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, as well as the bestselling Word 2002 For Dummies (0-7645-0839-3) and PCs For Dummies (0-7645-4074-2)