How to Do Everything with Your Sony Vaio (How to Do Everything)

15 Jun

How to Do Everything with Your Sony Vaio (How to Do Everything)

Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0072231378
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Average Customer Review: (From 6 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
Here is a friendly, solutions-oriented guide to getting the most out of your Sony Vaio. You’ll find full coverage of all aspects of the laptop including adding peripherals, using the bundled software, linking to digital cameras and home stereos, and performing routine maintenance and upgrades.

Customer Reviews

Everything you wanted to know about the VAIO computer by Lisa S. Cloeter
Item exactly as described and was received very quickly thank you.

Mostly just basics on general computing, already outdated by Real Person
This book is penned by the laptop editor at CNET and claims to help the VAIO owner “discover all the treasures” of Sony’s VAIO line of desktops and laptops. Published a year ago, it’s already sorely out of date: almost all the models covered in the book have been discontinued and replaced. In particular, the new VAIO media-centric desktops have gone the way of Windows XP Media Center Edition, which is not covered in this book. And if you are looking to buy a VAIO, this book is way too old and has nothing you can really use.

Even if you have one of the computers mentioned in this book (i.e., models released between 2003 and mid-2004), don’t expect model-specific coverage, except a chapter devoted to the camera-equipped TR-series. (Sidenote: it’s a sign of how really screwed up Sony is as a company, that they discontinued this truly ingenious ultraportable notebook.) All other materials in this book are very basic and superficial, from how to check e-mail to how to import video using DVGate. Things that a VAIO owner really wants to know, like how to replace memory or hard disk and how to trouble-shoot a non-working wi-fi connection, are mentioned only in passing.

One last annoyance of the book is the author constantly tells you to do research online on your own. Damn, I thought I bought this book so I could skip that step, especially as the Internet is littered with junky advice. While many other “How to Do Everything” books are thick, this one is only 280 pages, attesting to the dearth of information it contains. And there’s very little information that you can use to enhance your VAIO experience. In the end, it’s just easier and cheaper if you just explore the VAIO yourself.

Great Book by Gil
June 30, 2004

After reading “How to Do Everything with Your Sony Vaio”, I would recommend this book to everyone who has a Sony computer or is interested in getting one.
Tom Dunlap has done a great job laying out everything. It is just too numerous to mention here.
It has neat tips on using XP, and lot information on the exclusive programs that are shipped with most Sony’s. It is full of pictures that show you what to do and how to do it.
It even helps you setup a networking system, and shows you how to use the “Click to DVD” program that comes with most newer Sony’s.

This book could save you a lot of calls to Customer Support

A great help to learn about Sony VAIO’s!! by Alan Funk
WOW!!!!!! Years ago when I bought my first Sony VAIO I sure could have used a book such as this to explain in laymans terms all the features that these computers have to offer. I now feel much more confident in tackling these programs with the help from, “How to Do Everything with Your Sony Vaio”. Because of this book I’m definitely going to consider another Sony VAIO computer for my next purchase and use this book as my bible. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

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