Part I: Getting Your Very Own Laptop.

Chapter 1: The Quest for Portable Computing.

Chapter 2: A Laptop Just for You.

Part II: Discover Your Laptop.

Chapter 3: Out of the Box and into Your Lap.

Chapter 4: The Chapter about Turning a Laptop On and Off.

Chapter 5: Around Your Laptop in 18 Pages.

Chapter 6: Windows on Your Laptop.

Chapter 7: Behold the Tablet PC.

Chapter 8: You and Your Laptop.

Chapter 9: Power Management Madness.

Chapter 10: Expanding Your Laptop’s Universe.

Part III: Your Laptop Talks to the World.

Chapter 11: Fear Not Networking.

Chapter 12: Doing the Internet.

Chapter 13: That Modem Thing.

Chapter 14: Internet Security.

Chapter 15: Portable Internet Stuff.

Chapter 16: The Desktop–Laptop Connection.

Part IV: Hit the Road, Jack.

Chapter 17: On the Road Again . . .

Chapter 18: Laptop Security.

Chapter 19: Meeting Expectations.

Part V: Troubleshooting.

Chapter 20: Major Trouble and General Solutions.

Chapter 21: Upgrading Your Laptop.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: Ten or So Battery Tips and Tricks.

Chapter 23: Ten Handy Laptop Accessories.

Chapter 24: Ten Things to Throw in Your Laptop Case.

Chapter 25: Ten Tips from a PC Guru.

Index.