Wallace Wang

If you want a manual for your iPad, you quickly find that it does not come with one.

Wallace Wang's book is a good value and better than some others out there. There of course is a free manual that you can find while searching the iBookstore. Wallace Wang's book, which gives you the previous iteration of books tactile feel and ability to dog ear pages, has a step by step approach to each of the components you will find with your iPad.

It is timely, and even though a new software release is show more imminent. This will prepare you to use your iPad just fine. Not only that, Wang spends a little time on how to elevate your iPad experience to the next level with insight into some APPs that are not included from Apple, but that you can find by looking at the APP store.

The step by step instructions for nearly every part of the iPad experience lead all who need such help to be able to solve every problem they could conceivably encounter, as well as learn by doing everything having to do with your iPad. Easily recommended for all who have an iPad and want a manual. show less

I've read only 3 "Dummies" books before, none of them on the subject of computer/tech, and they were good primers for the reader who wants an introduction to a subject. I should have remembered that frame of reference when I borrowed this from the library.

I'm pretty comfortable with Work and Excel, having used them since 1995, and am a more recent user of Access. We upgraded to Office 2010 about 2 weeks ago through a student promotion so I was looking for a book that addressed some of the show more newer features of Office. The book covered all the very basic things: creating a document, naming a file, all the very basic functions that a new user would need to know. Thus, it wasn't for me.

While the information was solid, I think the presentation was not as ideal for the novice user of Office, for whom the book was written. It's not necessarily the author, I think it's the Dummies series parameters: the italized font and b&w photos make are not as reader-friendly as some other series for computers that I've seen.

To sum up: if there were no other choices of manuals for Office out there, this would be ok for the beginner user. show less

Informative informal guide to computer security and vulnerabilities. The style makes this sufficiently interesting that I expect to enjoy it even after it is superceded by later editions. [3rd edition]

Interesting, but pretty basic. If you actually work in the Computer Security industry this is mostly popcorn with a few "I'd never heard of that website before" nuggets thrown in.

If you *aren't* a Computer Security type person it's pretty eye-opening, if not kind of dated.