Five programs in one package, this product is billed as the complete solution for home and landscape design. On the positive side, the design portions of the product are easier to use than earlier versions, and useful resources are plentiful. On the negative side, the design tools and process are so powerful that the learning curve is steep. Plan on spending some time learning the ropes.

3D Home Architect Deluxe 4.0 lets you create customized contractor-ready plans for additions, remodeling projects and new homes. You can specify every detail, from plumbing to electrical, paint to fabric. The house wizards in this program are a big help, providing you with three different levels of design assistance.

3D Home Landscape Designed 4.0 allows you to design your ideal yard around a virtual image of your home. You can use the program\s plant encyclopedia to pick the perfect shrubs, trees and flowers, and can view your creation in 3D. Black and Decker Everyday Home Repairs gives you step-by-step instructions on how to fix everything, from major repairs to simple maintenance. 1,500 Best Selling Home Plans offers lots of ready made plans that you can view and then order, and Personal Home Inventory 4.0 helps you keep track of items like warranties, insurance, credit cards, and oil changes.

Look beyond the hype–new and noteworthy and what Vista really means for tomorrow's desktop.
Covers the Beta 2 release of Windows® Vista
An unbiased, unvarnished sneak peek at everything that's new, noteworthy, and ready for prime time in Windows Vista.

Microsoft Windows Vista Unveiled is an in-depth exploration of the public release Beta 2 version of Windows Vista, Microsoft's next major operating system and the successor to Windows XP. Whether you're just planning ahead for a future upgrade or running Beta 2 already, Microsoft Windows Vista Unveiled takes you on a detailed tour of all the new and improved technologies, features, tools, and programs that Microsoft programmers have stitched into the Vista fabric. You will learn not only what features are new in Vista, but also why they're important (or not), who they were designed for, and how they will affect your computing life. The goal of this book is to give you an exhaustive sneak preview of Vista's innovations and changes so that by the end of the book you should know whether Vista is for you and what you can expect when you sit down in front of this new operating system.