A REALLY good book on Windows 7 ?

DeaconFrost said:

You never need books to learn about Windows. The best way to get used to Windows 7 is to use it, and ask questions as you come across them.

I could not disagree more. I think bumbling along not knowing what you are doing is a very inefficient way to learn anything,but you do what you want.

MY question was about good books on Windows 7,as that's how I like to learn. I've already read 'Windows 7 For Dummies' and found it OK,but limited.

I look forward to expanding my knowledge base.

bunyip said:

DeaconFrost said:

You never need books to learn about Windows. The best way to get used to Windows 7 is to use it, and ask questions as you come across them.

I could not disagree more. I think bumbling along not knowing what you are doing is a very inefficient way to learn anything,but you do what you want.

I look forward to expanding my knowledge base.

It seems everyone has their own methods of learning and whilst many will just start using a device without hardly perusing the manual/operating instructions many will have a good look anyway so as not to be surprised. The latter approach when setting up a TV for example could see you not supplying all the information apparently required and thus you lose all the advertising that they have kindly supplied on the Guide menu.

I tend to take the latter approach and have read many books on operating systems over the years but perhaps I am a control freak?

I'm the same way - a control freak. I need to examine everything that's new to me and figure out how it works before I go about setting it up, installing it, configuring it to my tastes, what have you.

So I usually get hung up on a singular issue and start Googling the hell out of it, until I become a self-proclaimed expert on that one issue. My latest foray, for example, was how to clone my system from HD to SSD *and* get it aligned in the process without any third-party tools. Now I could write a tutorial on this.

But back to my point...I'm largely self-taught and just rely on Google and forums like this one.

why now when Windows 8 is just around the corner?

investmenttech said:

why now when Windows 8 is just around the corner?

If W7 is anything like XP then I can see several more years of usage before updating and I am sure many are not that keen on the first looks of Windows 8 anyway.

I read Windows 7 secrets by Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera. Probably won't help advanced users though.

investmenttech said:

why now when Windows 8 is just around the corner?

I was going to wait,but but the HDD on my old PC died. Plus I was bored with it. (had it three years)

Who needs books when we've got Windows Seven Forums? :)