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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert ISBN: 0-7356-1382-6 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 25 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.37 (46 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive XP reference, not for casual users
Comment: This Microsoft Press reference book is a tome and over kill for the casual user. But if you really want to learn how to use the very best of XP this is the standard, the premier, it is the definitive guide. XP Inside Out is an appropriate title. My first Windows user's manual was measured in ounces and a hundred plus pages. XP is over 1200 pages and almost 7 pounds. You need wheels to go desk to desk with it. You can take it to bed, it's bigger than your pillow. You can soak it in paraffin to make a Yule log. But it's this size that creates the very best topical layout, reference, and index that I have yet seen by Microsoft. Users can actually trace error messages to their plain English explanation and suggested solutions - a first for Microsoft. Authors Halverson, and Young, Microsoft "employees," have produced a superb reference tool for power users, developers, system designers, software instructors, consultants, and CIOs. If you want to know anything about XP, use this book. It is suitable for (interested) users 12 years of age to professional software and hardware systems experts. That's quite a span and good technical writing, editing, and layout is responsible. But there is more. The book includes a full text and illustrated e-book version on CD (40 MB on your hard drive and running with MS Internet Explorer or Netscape). That's worth the cost of the book by itself because standard XP search, find, and print tools can be used to navigate the 1,400 pages instantly. It's worth the Amazon.com price, no reservations by this reviewer.
Rating: 5
Summary: The definitive guide to Windows XP for advanced users
Comment: There are two versions of this book. The hardcover version has a couple more chapters and also more free e-books on the accompanying CD-ROM. The paperback version is, not surprisingly, cheaper and more portable (but still heavy!).
There's a lot of "meat" in this book, and the two authors did a wonderful job of keeping the book very well organized and very well written. The writing is fluid and you can almost read it like a novel, of course, assuming you are a PC geek like myself. Most other computer books I can hardly follow without sitting in front of the computer, but this book is so clear and well illustrated that I read chapter after cheapter in one sitting even when I did not have my XP laptop with me.
In terms of content, it covers everything an advanced user needs in order to fine-tune Windows XP. Both Profesional and Home editions of the OS are covered. (The hardcover version of the book has a nice summary on the differences at the beginning of *each* chapter.) This is a must-have guide for anyone looking to take full advantage of Windows XP as well as trouble-shooting when things go wrong.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the Windows 2000 Expert Companion ...
Comment: Microsoft press did a wonderful job with the Windows 2000 Expert companion, but they seemed to try to combine the "expert" version with the "beginner" version in this book with a disappointing result. I bought this book because I loved the expert companion and thought that since one of the same authors were involved it would be an equally high-quality "advanced" users reference. It is not.
This book would be great for someone who has used Win9x based OSes, and is new to Windows NT-variants, but if you consider yourself an advanced user you will probably only skim through most of the sections of this book (which covers using Windows Media Player, IE, and many other basic tasks). I would point you towards Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows XP Professional instead (by Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel, QUE).
If you are looking for a overview of the new features of Windows XP (Home and Pro) for someone with a background in using older consumer versions of windows (it doesn't go into this is how you point and click), but don't need (or don't care about) the details this would be a good pick. I'll put it this way, I'm giving this to my parents to sit next to the new WinXP box I build for them.
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Title: Microsoft Office XP Inside Out by Michael J. Young, Michael Halvorson ISBN: 0735612773 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 09 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Registry Guide by Jerry Honeycutt, Jerry Honeycutt ISBN: 0735617880 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 11 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp ISBN: 0596004168 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Networking Inside Out by Curt Simmons, James Causey ISBN: 0735616523 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 16 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Second Edition by The Microsoft Windows Team ISBN: 0735619743 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 11 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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