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In the past, I'd done all of my writing with man pens. But those long thick shafts with their hard strokes were just too much for me, causing me to tear through my delicate and delectable Hello Kitty note cards. Also, the man pens would frequently explode their ink at the most inopportune times, getting it all over me and my Kitty.

This book is a NECESSITY!! After purchasing the software program QuickBooks Pro 2013 for $149.99, I was extremely frustrated in trying to find ways to understand the program! Having absolutely no previous accounting background, this program NEEDS guidance!!! The drop down Help Menus in the program MAKE NO SENSE when you haven't any idea what they're talking about. After contacting INTUIT, the manufacturer of QuickBooks, their customer service wouldn't help me UNLESS I PURCHASED A ONE YEAR SERVICE CONTRACT FOR $299.99!! Talk about a company NOT CARING for its customers, INTUIT certainly doesn't! I found online QuickBooks courses ranging from $479.00, to day long courses for $279.00, or one-on-one help for $75/hour from book keepers who wanted to be hired to do your accounting! When I stumbled upon Bonnie Biafore's 'Quick Books 2013 Getting Started' and her 'QuickBooks the Missing Manual' I felt vindicated! I was beginning to think that I was crazy feeling like I didn't have the proper skills to figure out the program on my own!! Nonsense! Everything is easy once you know how to do it, and Bonnie Biofore's Manuals are what you need! For a very small fee ($14.99) I downloaded her Manual onto my Kindle, and have used it to set up 4 companies now! Thank you, Bonnie, for writing this, and helping all the frustrated people like me when software companies are so ready to take our money and leave us hanging with the proper tools to use the program. I want everyone to know that the QuickBooks 2013 is NOT a flawless program, and INTUIT is a company that doesn't really care about its customers. They are in it for the money! Without Bonnie's book, I would have been spending an additional $200 MINIMUM just to figure out where to start with QuickBooks! 'QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual' saved my pocketbook, saved my sanity, and made me feel encourged again!

For the price, this a good day to day laptop. I can play games on Facebook with no problems. The only thing that made me to give a 4 star instead of 5 is that the keyboard is not back-lit so until you type you don't know if your are typing with lower or upper cases. Other then that, I will give it a clean swipe ( came loaded with loads of crap), and will be good to go. Keyboard is easy on typing, since I type very fast, colors are good, again , for this price, don't expect a gaming computer, but for school, and everyday surfing, watching movies on Netflix or Amazon video, this is a good laptop !