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Title: A Guide to Operating Systems: Troubleshooting and Problem Solving by Tom Badgett, Palmer, Jonker ISBN: 0-7600-1142-7 Publisher: International Thomson Publishing Pub. Date: 13 August, 1999 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $63.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 1 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Yuck
Comment: I HAD to buy this book for a college course. If you want to know the basics about each and every flavor since Windows 95, you'll like this book. But his Linux knowledge is severely limited, and his knowledge of other Unix variants is even worse. Palmer & Waters have not used a unix machine in their lives and as a Unix admin I was quite disgusted with the ludicrous tripe they present, and I can assure you that much of it was wrong. While we get page after endless page on Microsoft domains, NIS, NIS+, and LDAP are entirely missing. The structure of each chapter is: 15 pages on W9x, WNT, WMe, W2K, WXP, W03, 3 paragraphs on Linux, 3 paragraphs on "Unix" which the category he uses to cover all non-linux variants, and 3 paragraphs on Macintosh.
To the authors: before you write a book on operating systems, get familiar with them. I could do better than you.
I would have given this book zero stars if it was possible.
Rating: 1
Summary: Doesn't live up to the title
Comment: This book would be more aptly named "A History of Microsoft Operating Systems: The Basics". As with another reviewer, I had to have this book for a course I took. There is little discussion of universal operating system fundamentals outside of file systems. The vast majority of the book focuses on MS operating systems. They spend more time talking about Windows 3.1 than Mac or UNIX. You want a book to help in troubleshooting or solving problems with operating systems? Unless you're a computer system neophyte this book won't help you. On the other hand, if you know little about operating systems and would like to learn the basics of how they work and the evolution of PC OSs, this would be a useful book.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not that great
Comment: The book tries to touch on a broad range of operating systems, but is not laid out very well, and alot of information contained is very broad.
While some of the information is valuable, alot of it can easily be discovered through the help files/manuals of the OS'es, or by using common sense. The diagnostic and troubleshooting aspects are mostly based on trivial common sense, and the troubleshooting software is limited to what comes with the OS (scandisk, defrag, regclean). The technology is a little behind in this book within regards to OS'es.
My recommendation is, unless you are taking a required course for college and need this book, dont buy it. Look for a book that's more focused on a certain OS (Windows, MacOS, Unix). Save your money.
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Title: Programming Logic and Design - Comprehensive, Second Edition by Joyce Farrell ISBN: 0619063157 Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $56.95 |
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Title: Computer Networks and Internets, with Internet Applications (3rd Edition) by Douglas E. Comer, Ralph E. Droms ISBN: 0130914495 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
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Title: Information Technology Project Management by Kathy Schwalbe ISBN: 0619159847 Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $60.95 |
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Title: New Perspectives on Microsoft MS-DOS Command Line - Comprehensive by Harry L. Phillips, Eric Skagerberg ISBN: 061901976X Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 12 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $55.95 |
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Title: Hands-On Microsoft Windows 2003 Administration (Hands-On Microsoft) by Dan Dinicolo ISBN: 0619186119 Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.95 |
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