The Flat-Screen iMac For Dummies
3rd Edition
Published on 1. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXIV, 384 pages
978-0-7645-1663-4 (ISBN)
Description
The latest edition of this bestseller allows iMac veterans to jump in and discover the newest features they can try out right away, while first time iMac users can find ready-to-use instructions so that they can become productive quickly. This edition includes expanded coverage on iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes. The material covers all there is to know about the LCD flat-panel display and powerful performance standards.
Reviews / Votes
"...you'd be hard pressed to find a better no--brainer beginners guide to the iMac...a practical, inspirational introduction to the wonderful world of Macs for computing newbies...pretty near perfect..." (MacFormat, December 2002) "The book's friendly, enthusiastic tone will appeal to tyros, and Pogue provides plenty of useful information..." (Library Journal, January 2003)More details
Edition
3., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-1663-4 (9780764516634)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Mark L. Chambers
iMac For Dummies
Book
07/2005
4th Edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
€19.90
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Previous edition
David Pogue
The iMac For Dummies
Book
01/2000
2nd Edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
€43.51
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Person
David Pogue, (Stamford, CT) Yale '85, became the personal-technology columnist for The New York Times in November 2000, after having written the Desktop Critic Column for Macworld magazine for ten years. His column State of the Art appears every Thursday on the front page of the Circuits section. With over 2.5 million books in print, Pogue is one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, he has written or co-written six books in the Dummies series.
Content
Introduction. Part I: For the Absolute iMac Virgin. Chapter 1: How to Turn On Your iMac (and What to Do Next). Chapter 11.2: High--Tech Made Easy. Chapter 2: Windows, Icons, and Trashes. Chapter 3: Actually Accomplishing Something. Chapter 4: Typing, Saving, and Finding Again. Chapter 5: A Quiet Talk about Printers, Printing, and Fonts. Part II: The Internet Defanged. Chapter 6: Faking Your Way onto America Online and the Internet. Chapter 7: The Weird Wide Web. Chapter 8: E--mail for He--males and Females. Part III: Software Competence. Chapter 9: Faking Your Way Through AppleWorks. Chapter 10: iPhoto, iTunes -- iLove It! Chapter 11: iSpielberg: Digital Movies and DVDs. Part IV: Toward a New, Nerdier You. P"Chapter 12: Back to Mac OS 9. Chapter 13: Mono--Mac, Multi--People. Chapter 14: Networks for Nitwits. Chapter 15: When Bad Things Happen to Good iMacs. Chapter 16: Beyond the iMac: Where to Go from Here. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 17: Ten Cool Things You Didn't Know Your iMac Could Do. Chapter 18: Ten Features that Didn't Quite Fit the Outline. Chapter 19: Ten Back--of--the--Mac Jacks. Index.