The Bottom Line
- Good humored and easy to understand tips
- If your computer isn't "cooperating" this book may be the answer
- More PC Annoyance help available at O'Reilly's web site
- More a clarification than a "con" - the book is very Windows-centric
Description
- Steve Bass has an easy to understand and sometimes humorous way of providing valuable information
- The tips, tricks and hints in this book will help you get the PC to do what you need it to do
- If something is irritating or frustrating you about your PC- the cure is probably in this book
- More PC Annoyances- or, more precisely, their cures- are available at the O'Reilly web site
Guide Review - Book Review: PC Annoyances
Steve Bass takes that same sort of style and flavor he uses in his PC World magazine pieces and provides a wonderful collection of tips, tricks and hints that will help you cure the irritations, frustrations, and, as the title suggests, annoyances that your Windows PC is causing you.
I believe that almost anyone will find at least one solution to something that has been annoying them for months or years that they wish there was just some way to change it, turn it on, turn it off or whatever else. Some may find idea after idea and tip after tip.
The book is similar in scope to another book I reviewed recently- Windows XP Hacks. These kinds of books provide a wealth of information and help readers do things to really get the most out of their computers. Many of the tips and tricks require a comfort level with getting around Windows- or at least a sense of adventure- but the intrepid user will find much satisfaction from implementing these tips and hints.
I think almost any user of Windows would appreciate this book and find it money well spent to buy it.
