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Laptops All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies- P4: Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve got a strange biography. I’ve been a writer all my life. My first semi-pro job was sports editor of my high school newspaper. (Go Commodores!) After college I was a political reporter for daily newspapers in Ohio and New York (I covered four national nominating conventions and two Presidential campaigns) and a correspondent for The Associated Press. And then, in 1983, I gave in to my inner geek and became the first Executive Editor of PC Magazine, back in the days when most people asked, “What is a PC?”. | 4 What You Don t Need An external CD or DVD drive or writer to upgrade your laptop s facilities A video camera often called a webcam that can send an image of your face along with your words A media reader to allow direct upload or download of images or music to or from a digital camera or digital music device A set of more-robust speakers to give some oomph to the movie or music you play An external monitor for use as a second display or an LCD projector to put a presentation up on a silver screen An extra battery that sits beneath or alongside the laptop to solve the problem of a very very long airplane flight or travel in places where electrical outlets are few and far between What You Don t Need You don t need these things to be qualified to read this book Prior experience on the job Parental guidance An advanced degree in computer science or an unadvanced degree for that matter Icons Used in This Book Special icons in this book draw your attention to diamonds mixed in amongst the pearls of wisdom. One icon even rings your chimes to warn you of danger. Stop Here there be dragons. Well not really dragons but dangers and pitfalls and problems that you don t want to run into. This icon suggests that you fail to forget decline to overlook and do not lose recall of something important. Okay these are things you should remember. This good stuff will save you time make it easier to do your work and otherwise improve your quality of life. How This Book Is Organized 5 Into each life a little bit of complexity must fall especially when it comes to high technology. I promise to be gentle and concentrate on clearing the air instead of fogging your mind. How This Book Is Organized The smart people at Dummies world headquarters call this particular version of their best-selling series an All-In-One Desk Reference which I abbreviated in my planning as AIO-DR and pronounced Yeow doctor. But don t let its size and heft scare you the beauty of the Yeow scheme is that it is .