The Computing Environment

Abstract

If you pick up any book over ten years old on the subject of computing, you could get quite different ideas of how people use their computers. The basic ways of using computers haven’t changed, but modern computing places an unimagined amount of control and power with the individual user. This means that the user now has the ability (and quite often the need) to deal with issues relating to the administration of the computer to get the best out of it. In this book, we’ll be explaining just how to understand what this involves, and how to minimise the amount of effort required for effective use of your computer.