Dan Gookin
ISBN: 0-764-57555-4
Paper
360 pages
January 2005

In business, laptops are essential to providing mobility to workers. Many business laptops spend much of their time in a desktop docking station and are always available to hit the road. In the home, laptops are most often purchased as a second PC. And now that laptops offer larger displays, longer battery power and speeds equal to desktop computers, some users have sworn off desktops altogether. This trend is likely to continue. Desktop PCs are lasting longer and people are becoming more comfortable with having two or more PCs in the house. The laptop makes a natural second PC. Laptops For Dummies covers the many new things to consider-- and puzzles to solve-- when purchasing a laptop. Issues unique to laptops include synchronizing with the desktop, coordinating email pickup between two machines, remote access to the desktop, networking, power management; and especially laptop security. Owners of PCs For Dummies will find a new book in Laptops For Dummies with its emphasis on laptop usage.