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Title: The Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Jaguar Edition by Robin Williams ISBN: 0-321-16966-2 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 26 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Williams does it again
Comment: Robin Williams is a goddess when it comes to useful books for beginners, this book and "The Mac Is Not A Typewriter" are the two books I tell all new Mac owners to buy. Apple should just bundle the two of them in the box and hire Robin to write all their documentation.
This book is informative, fun, insightful, useful, well written, well designed and everything you'd hope for in a book that is going to sit next to the most amazing computer of all time. (Sorry, was I gushing.) Robin spends a great deal of time explaining the inner workings of your computer in very readable, informative way.
Always a good book the rewrite for Mac OS X has just added to its appeal - I've been using a Mac for more than ten years, OS X for more than 6 months and Robin taught me several things about my Mac and the new OS.
If you often find yourself recommending the Mac to friends (and I know I do) buy them a copy of this book the moment you hear about their new purchase. It will save them many headaches, ease their path into "The Macintosh Way" and you'll get a lot less phone calls.
Rating: 5
Summary: Really... THE Best Book
Comment: This book is truly the very best book about any OS I have ever read and I have read well over 100. The author shows you exactly how to do whatever is able to be done on the computer . This is my first Mac after many Windows machines and this book has really explained everything. Robin Williams knows how to teach. I own about 12 books on Win98 and all of them put together DO NOT contain this much precise information on how to use a computer. She makes it so easy to love my new Mac.
Rating: 4
Summary: THE Starter Book
Comment: Robin Williams is the most skillful writer of manuals for the Mac and publishing. As the cover says, this new book is for Beginning and Intermediate users of Macs equipped with the new MacOS 10.1 operating system. You'll be guided by a charming writer through the simplest steps into full use of most things provided by Apple. A Mac pro new to OS X can start with Appendix A and easily browse elsewhere to get up to speed on the strange new file, window, and menu systems (use the 12 page TOC and 49 page Index to reach many "eureka" moments).
Following a mini-glosssary, the first 19 chapters-including a tutorial and word processing basics-are for new Mac converts. Rank beginners need only follow the special grey-edged pages. The next 10 chapters cover easy customizing, iTunes music, iMovie making, and the built-in utility applications (most of which Williams suggests you don't touch). Another eight chapters take you through setting up and using the internet, including the free iTools website, file sharing, connecting two computers, and email eitquette (please!). The final three chapters cover ports, partitions, and using the built-in "Classic " (OS 9) system that will run all your old programs. Short chapter quizzes serve as summaries. At 822 pages this latest edition in her series is no longer a one-handed "Little Mac Book," but still it lies open pretty flat.
This is not the book to find Macintosh history, instability and compatibility issues, discussion of available programs, or anything about its base in Unix. Networking is limited to connecting two home computers. There are no troubleshooting procedures, but if you follow William's exquisitely clear and witty instructions to the letter you won't have much trouble, will you? While much of her information is available somewhere in Mac Help on your computer, it is better organized and much more visual here.
Peachpit Press has high typographic standards and reasonable prices. This is a lovely, clear, crisp looking book, although spell checking was a bit hasty. Her classic "The Mac [or PC] Is Not A Typewriter" was the best thing since a typing course, and this new book is arguably the most readable of the OS X manuals.
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Title: Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Second Edition by David Pogue ISBN: 0596004508 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Little Mac iApps Book by John Tollett, Robin Williams ISBN: 0321187474 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 10 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Little iMac Book, Third Edition by Robin Williams, John Tollett ISBN: 0321116305 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 20 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Mac OS X All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies by Mark L. Chambers, Erick Tejkowski, Michael L. Williams ISBN: 0764517961 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Mac OS X v. 10.2 Jaguar Killer Tips by Scott Kelby ISBN: 0735713170 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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