Buying a Computer For Dummies - Softcover

* 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)

Dan Gookin (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) wrote the first-ever For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, as well as the bestselling Word 2002 For Dummies and PCs For Dummies. Dan's books have been translated into 32 languages and have more than 11 million copies in print.