Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous!

Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need.

Chapter 2: Turning On Your Portable Powerhouse.

Chapter 3: The Laptop Owner's Introduction to Mac OS X.

Part II: Shaking Hands with Mac OS X.

Chapter 4: Opening and Closing and Clicking and Such.

Chapter 5: Getting to the Heart of the Snow Leopard.

Chapter 6: A Nerd's Guide to System Preferences.

Chapter 7: Sifting through Your Stuff.

Part III: Connecting and Communicating.

Chapter 8: Let's Go on Safari!

Chapter 9: MobileMe Is Made for MacBooks.

Chapter 10: Your Laptop Goes Multiuser.

Chapter 11: Working Well with Networks.

Chapter 12: Spiffy Connections for the Road Warrior.

Part IV: Living the iLife.

Chapter 13: The Multimedia Joy of iTunes.

Chapter 14: The Masterpiece That Is iPhoto.

Chapter 15: Making Film History with iMovie.

Chapter 16: Creating DVDs on the Road with iDVD.

Chapter 17: Recording Your Hits with GarageBand.

Part V: Getting Productive with iWork.

Chapter 18: Desktop Publishing with Pages.

Chapter 19: Creating Spreadsheets with Numbers.

Chapter 20: Building Presentations with Keynote.

Part VI: Necessary Evils: Troubleshooting, Upgrading, Maintaining.

Chapter 21: When Good Mac Laptops Go Bad.

Chapter 22: Adding New Stuff to Your Laptop.

Chapter 23: Tackling the Housekeeping.

Part VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 24: Top Ten Laptop Rules to Follow.

Chapter 25: Ten Things to Avoid Like the Plague.

Index.