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I would not waste my time with that book. You could find more knowledge and get a head start by reading these forums then you could one of those bogus "for dummies" books. I remember my sister got windows for dummies a long time ago and I was laughing at some of the crap they had in that thing. Maybe that book is different but I doubt it.
I like the software for dummies books, personally. Frontpage and Flash for dummies are pretty good books. I sort of assumed all dummies books were equally good quality, but I guess I'm wrong.
I believe that Windows for dummies assumes that you know absolutely NOTHING about operating systems, so I would expect them to include things like "this is a mouse pointer".
My experience with Dummies books has been pretty good, I'll probably buy the SW tanks for Dummies book when the time comes for me to set one up.
I agree that it is a good basic start. I bought it before finding this forum. Now I wish I had combined that money with more to get the conscientious aquarist instead. It is definitely better than nothing and is fairly recent, but it could have you buying things you don't really need.