Becoming Computer Literate: A New User's Guide to Buying and Starting an IBM Computer

"Why do I need to learn about computers?" you may ask. The answer is quite simply computers are everywhere. Every part of your life if affected by computers. They are used by banks, telephone companies, power companies, grocery stores, health clubs, etc. Every type of business, large or small, has a computer. Computers are efficient. They make it easy to track bills, payments, inventories, etc. By the year two thousand you will have to be computer literate to get a job. You will probably need to be computer literate just to operate the appliances in your home. This book was written to help the new computer user make an informed decision as to what kind of computer and accessories he/she really needs. This book will also increase the new user's computer literacy level. What is computer literacy? It is the ability to understand, in general, how a computer works and how to use it.