Does Windows 7 need a Missing Manual?

I’m reading all the hoopla around David Pogue, Snow Leopard and his Missing Manuals and noticed he has a Missing Manual for Windows 7 on the way. The product description on Amazon reads:

“Beta testers of Windows 7 are singing its praises, but when it comes time for ordinary mortals to learn this new system, Microsoft offers little help”

 

Microsoft offers little help. Really? I popped along to Windows7.com and found an awful lot of help such as Getting Started which includes details on getting to knows the OS, a first week checklist, installing programs, setting up hardware and personalisation. Each of those section has a detailed list with subsections which cover things like UI changes from Vista, Aero shake, compatibility mode and more. A good number of them are supplemented by explanatory videos. All of these pages are searchable from Google, Bing etc too so a common question such as “Make older programs run in Windows 7” that people may type in to a search engine leads you to just the page you need (the page in question is the first hit on Bing and Google).

There is a tonne of other information on Windows 7 Help and How To, tour videos, communities, Twitter and more. I’m sure some folks still want a manual to refer to which is perfectly understandable. A quick search of Amazon turns up a number of Windows 7 books such as Windows 7 Plain & Simple and Windows 7 Step by Step which like the Missing Manual are available for pre-order. 

I’ve nothing against Mr Pogue or his publishers and perhaps this is just some boilerplate text, but to suggest Microsoft offers little help seems somewhat disingenuous to me.