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Title: Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly Windows) by David Pogue ISBN: 0596002602 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 06 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.54
Rating: 5
Summary: A pithy volume...
Comment: It's more than the Missing Manual; it's the manual that Microsoft never would have provided. Written from an objective perspective, Missing Manual identifies the failings of XP and gives you ways to work around these failings. Full of good information that demystifies XP for the home user. Missing Manual will benefit all levels of user, from the relative novice to more advanced users. This is a resource that you will use over and over again, each time finding the crucial information that you need. The witty writing style makes this book not only informative but a pleasure to read. Without question, the best computer book I ever purchased.
Rating: 1
Summary: Neither for the Expert Nor the "Newbie"
Comment: I was hoping for something like the "Windows Secrets" books published for earlier versions of Windows, or the terrific "In a Nutshell" series also from O'Reilly Publishing. These are full of detailed references and unpublished information.
Instead, this book is a poorly organized collection of random information, all of which is readily available and better explained using Windows Help (Less helpful than "Help"? -- yes, its that bad!). The text flow is constantly interupted with notes, tips, sidebars and other gimmicks, but these stylistic tricks fail to disguise the truth that the information is being dumped onto the page in random and often repetitive chunks without any regard for order, logic or completeness. To render the book totally useless, neither the Table of Content nor Index is of any value in searching for specific information.
The flyleaf claims that the buyer has been [$$$] by the absence of a CDROM, and you are directed to a web page for "every piece of addon software mentioned in this book" in a "tidy list". In fact the web page contains links to only 4 shareware programs and no other information. Its unfortunate that they did not include a CDROM with an electronic version of the book. That, at least, might have made it easier to search and find the odd snippets of helpful information in this disorder.
If you have used any version of Windows before and are comfortable searching Help and web pages, then don't bother with this book. If you are a total computer "newbie", then it may be helpful but you should look for a bet organized and indexed book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, a complete manual for windows XP
Comment: Unlike other XP books that focus only on the most technical or most basic aspects of Windows, this text does a great job of explaining all aspects of the new OS in some detail. Further, Pogue is a writer not a programmer trying to pretend he's a writer. The book is readable. Naturally I recommend other books in addition to this one, but this is definitely the best place to start if you want to understand Windows XP well before embarking on some major projects. Highly recommended.
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Title: Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp ISBN: 0596004168 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Windows XP in a Nutshell by David A. Karp, Tim O'Reilly, Troy Mott ISBN: 0596002491 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Windows XP for Dummies by Andy Rathbone ISBN: 0764508938 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out by Ed Bott and Carl Siechert, Carl Siechert ISBN: 0735613826 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Windows XP Headaches: How to Fix Common (and Not So Common) Problems in a Hurry by Curt Simmons ISBN: 0072224614 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 02 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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