Chapter 1: Using This Book; How This Book Is Organized - IBM Aptiva Series Handbook

The Aptiva Handbook contains general information for all
users of an IBM Aptiva Personal Computer. Once you have
taken your computer out of the box and connected all the
components, you can use this book as a guide to your
computer's hardware and as a problem-solving tool.
The topics in this book range from an introduction of
important Aptiva hardware features to instructions for
reconfiguring or upgrading your computer. In addition, if you
experience a problem with your Aptiva computer, this book
can guide you to a solution.
This book includes information for several Aptiva models. If
the model you purchased did not come with some of the
hardware mentioned in this book, you will not be able to use
the software functions associated with that hardware.
Using this book

How this book is organized

This book contains the following parts and chapters:
Part 1: Learning about this book
This part contains information to help you use the Aptiva
Handbook . It contains the following chapter:
"Chapter 1: Using this book" on page 1-1
This chapter contains information about the book's
contents and organization. It also points you to other
documents or online resources for more information.
Part 2: Support information
This part is all about the various support and services that
the IBM HelpCenter provides. It contains the following
chapter:
"Chapter 2: HelpWare support and services" on
page 2-1
This chapter contains details on the IBM HelpWare
support and services. It tells you what to do in case you
need computer-related assistance or information.
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