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Summary: Save your money
Review: Hype, hype, hype.. that's all this book is about. Fortunately, I bought my copy at a brick and mortar store who have a 1 day
return policy. Did not need 1 day, 10 minutes was enough to decide that I could find everything in it on any decent tech web site.
Save your money, surf the net, you will find everything thats in the book for free, which is a better deal in my book.
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Summary: A MUST HAVE!!!!
Review: I got the 2002 version last year and that one was a good one. So this year I had to have it. I even was one of the ones who preordered it before the book was even done. If you are a fan of the Screen Savers it is a must have. But even if your not a fan of the show this is a must have. So much information in the book. Each page is dedicated to a day and then each week is dedicated to a particular topic. BUT the best part is the part called "Leos Little Blackbook". This is worth the money of the book alone it has all the key and important addresses and web urls. Plus there is a great glossary book.
GET THIS BOOK YOU WONT REGRET IT!!!!!
Yvonne
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD
Review: I love TechTV Leo Laporte's 2002 Technology Almanac so much I had to buy 2003.
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Summary: Honest opinion from a newbie
Review: I read the reviews people had left, some were not flattering. I wish I was as smart as those people who already know everything. If I buy a book and learn one thing, I am happy. This book is filled with info and tips that I did not know. I stayed up all night trying out new things I learned in the book. If you can't learn from this book, well you should write your own. Easy to read AND easy to understand. Filled with little tid bits of great time saving tips. Thanks for making my work on the personal confuser a lot easier.
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Summary: No good info
Review: I read this book for awhile then looked on the net to see if i can find the same info an in a 1min i found it all..This book [stinks] Big time! dont waste your money...THats what the net is for :)
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Summary: All hype and no substance
Review: I think this book is a major disappointment for any buyer. I know I was.It is not well thought out, things are not well organized and this makes finding topics of interest very difficult. I did learn one or two things, but I could have easily gotten this info for free off the web.
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Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: I think this is the best book ever. THE SCREEN SAVERS RULE!!!
Learn how to use your "compufer" in many ways.
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Summary: Computer frustrations disappear
Review: I've spent quality time with Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Almanac and I must say it is one fine publication. I'm a librarian and I have to pass judgment on whether to buy or not to buy hundreds of books each year. I can't help myself; I always look at a book like this with a critical librarian's eyes even if I'm buying it for myself. Do you know how awful it is to have a book that is chock-full of wonderful information rendered completely useless because the aforementioned information can not be easily accessed? Believe me there are more of those than there are ones, like this, that is well arranged so you can get at the info you're looking for quickly and easily. This has an excellent Index (I love indexes!), Glossary (a great addition and a very good one too), Facts and Figures Section (nice touch) and Leo's Little Black Book (very useful). Each page is easy on the eyes and flows nicely. Over all just a nice, nice job!
There are three things I've found computer books to be in the past, complicated, boring and useless for my needs. None of those things can be said about this book. Not only is the information on how to do things like online security, wireless networking, and troubleshooting easy to understand, it goes one step further and makes you understand why you need to know some of these things. It never overwhelms you, it makes you feel you can do these things and with Leo Laporte's sense of humor shining through it makes it entertaining too. How many times has a computer book made me laugh? Cry maybe, when I become so frustrated I toss it across the room but laugh, never until now! Computers are complicated and frustrating enough, why can't computer books have fun to break up that frustration while they are teaching you? I've found the best way to learn is to have fun and this is one entertainingly, informative book. If there is a question in anyone's mind as to whether to buy this book I can highly recommend it from a personal and a librarian's point of view.
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Summary: Leo Laportes great book
Review: if you miss the screen savers you can just get 90 min show in 5 min easy reading this is THE BEST BOOK
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Summary: How can you not like Leo?
Review: Leo is the best "geek" on TV, well, and the rest of the Screen Savers set. This is his second book and it's great. Great Book!
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