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Title: Mac OS X Panther Killer Tips by Scott Kelby ISBN: 0-7357-1393-6 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 05 December, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book rocks!
Comment: I have used a Mac since 1984 and Mac OS X since it was public beta. However, I don't always have the time to figure out all the little time saving tips on my own. I learned several tips from this book that I now use on a daily basis. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to be more productive with Panther!
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended!
Comment: This book is not on the same level as the Visual Quickstart Guides that come from Peach Pit Press, but in some ways it is better. This title from New Riders Publishers (but still distributed through Peach Pit Press) is MUCH smaller at only 300 pages, but it also has less information in it because much of the interface it dedicated to graphics showing pictures of the various apps and utilities discussed in the book.
Having said that, this book is extremely well laid-out and written. It IS the kind of book that you can curl up with in front of the fireplace with. No, seriously. There are just so many cool tidbits in this thing that it becomes difficult to put down. If you pick it up at all, you can't simply look up the one question you were thinking about because you immediately get distracted by the other things you see while trying to find your answer. More than once, after spending 10 minutes looking at tips, I have ended up closing the book only to realize that I never actually got around to looking up my original question, and so I go back, promising myself to only focus on the one thing I need to learn.
However, for a geek like me, it doesn't take long to get through it all. Now when I grab it, it's more like "Oh, ya, I remember that one." ...and so, it now spends most of it's time just sitting on my shelf. Ah, well, maybe it is time to pass this one on to someone else... oh, wait! I just found something new. Nevermind!
Rating: 2
Summary: Stuff only a newbie wouldn't figure out on their own
Comment: I just purchased this book after reading the other review for this book. I expected that I'd learn at least something from it, but found that the Killer Tips were actaully largely straight-forward configuration options (that you can find out by just clicking on Preferences for the various apps).
If you're a brand new Mac user or really don't like to spend at least a little time getting familiar with the new OS on your own, maybe the book would help. But I couldn't pawn this book off on a friend who's had his Mac for 3 days, so I suppose it depends. Killer Tips, they are not.
I wish they had that "Look Inside" option for this book because you could then get an idea of whether the book would help you out. For me, it's a quick return.
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Title: Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition by David Pogue ISBN: 0596006152 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Mac OS X Panther Unleashed, Third Edition by John Ray, William C Ray ISBN: 0672326043 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 09 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Mac OS X Panther (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Maria Langer ISBN: 0321213513 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 19 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Panther Edition by Robin Williams ISBN: 0321232968 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 23 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Mac OS X Panther for Dummies by Bob LeVitus ISBN: 0764541684 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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