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Title: Crossing Platforms : A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook by Adam Engst, David Pogue ISBN: 1-56592-539-4 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An essential book for people working with computers
Comment: As a translator, and Mac user, I was delighted to see that Adam Engst and David Pogue, who are, in a way, the Strunk and White of Macintosh journalism, released this original book. As a translator first, it is an essential reference book for terms on both platforms. But as a Mac user, confronted with Windows often (I do own a PC as well) this answers all my questions about how best to understand the different philosophies of the two operating systems.
Well written, clear and efficient, this book is really excellent. If you work with both platforms, don't hesitate to get it. The only drawback I found was the lack of an index. In spite of that, I couldn't recommend it more.
Rating: 5
Summary: A "must buy" for..
Comment: every new Wintel convert and for those of us who have to work on the "other" side occasionally. This is the second book of this genre that I have purchased for my wife the teacher who now teaches on the Wintel platform. The first, "Windows for Mac Users" is 421 pages of details, details. I would rate it 4 stars. "Crossing Platforms" is 321 pages of dictionary-like listings of phrases "cross" referenced to the other platform e.g. Force Quit (Mac) = End Task (Win); Key Caps = Character Map, etc. If you want a quick reference book to help you with that temporarily borrowed (or newly purchased) "other" platform, this is the one! (If I were providing marketing advice to Sears, CompUSA et al, this would be bundled with every iMac and IBook purchased by a Wintel user.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Still Useful!
Comment: If you are learning the Mac or Windows OS as a second language then this book is the best investment you could make. Terms are translated between the two environments by quick, simple look-up in a translation dictionary. More important, the translations are actually useful. The concepts are translated, not just the words. Look up a term and you get an explanation of the equivalent idea and jargon, even if the terms have no exact match. This is the book to have in your hands while you talk to foreign tech support. I've purchased a couple of copies of this book each year since it came out, mainly because other people borrow mine and then beg to keep it. I was buying another couple of copies today in Jan 2003 (one for me, one for my new tech support person) and I realized that there are very few computer reference books that are still so useful 4 years after publication. This is one computer reference book that will get dog-eared.
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Title: Windows for Mac Users by Cynthia Baron, Robin Williams, Robin Williams ISBN: 0201353962 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 14 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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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: Cross-Platform Mac Handbook, The: Keeping Your MAC In A Digital World by David L. Hart ISBN: 0130850888 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 03 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Windows 2000 Mac Support Little Black Book: The Hands-on Reference Guide for Integrating Macintosh Desktops with Windows 2000 Server Environments by Gene Steinberg, Pieter Paulson ISBN: 1576103889 Publisher: The Coriolis Group Pub. Date: 24 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Macintosh Windows Integration : Integrating Your Macintosh with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT Environments by John Rizzo ISBN: 0125893256 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 14 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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