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* The ideal guidebook for first-time computer buyers and readers looking to buy a second or third computer or upgrade an existing system * Includes critical information buyers need to make wise decisions, with checklists and tearsheets they can take to the retailer for reference * Features at least twenty-five percent new content, including information on the Pentium 4, Tablet PCs, flat screens, DVD-ROM, CD-RW drives, and other technological advances since the previous edition * Analysts forecast a rebound in the PC market in 2003 and 2004, with a sizeable increase predicted for desktops and notebooks * Written by the author of the original For Dummies book, DOS For Dummies, as well as the bestselling Word 2002 For Dummies (0-7645-0839-3) and PCs For Dummies (0-7645-4074-2)