Book details of 'The Macintosh Bible (6th Edition)'

Title	The Macintosh Bible (6th Edition)
Author(s)	Jeremy Judson, Sharon Zardetto Aker
ISBN	0201886367
Language	English
Published	August 1996
Publisher	Peachpit Press

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Like the Macintosh itself, The Macintosh Bible is a breeze to navigate, is filled with stylish icons to guide the way, and is much more powerful than it appears. From system software to hardware purchases, the "Dirty Dozen" contributors have painstakingly compiled a guide to the computer family that inspires the most devotion. Good tips, hot features, bad features, and warnings are marked with appropriate icons, as are sections dealing specifically with PowerBook and Power Macintosh features. Advice ranges from the very basic to the more advanced without sacrificing the easy tone of the writing, making this a volume for all levels. You'll learn how to configure your Mac to avoid potential conflicts, how to manage real and virtual memory, and how to fix common and unusual problems that remain specific to certain models. The book offers great troubleshooting advice and application overviews. All computer tomes should be required to feature an appendix similar to the one in The Macintosh Bible, which outlines steps to avoid eye irritation, back and neck pain, and other computer-related health issues.
Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
I would have to say that, yes, this is definitely the Macintosh Bible. As with most works claiming biblical status, this is a fairly comprehensive overview. Chapters include the basics of operation, the system family, system software, hardware, storage and memory, basic software, printing, fonts, utilities, troubleshooting, the major applications, graphics, sound and video, communications, the Internet, networking, sources and resources, and a list of companies and products. Within each chapter are icons denoting hot tips, good features, bad features, bugs, warnings, and items for PowerBooks and PowerPCs. This book is also very Mac. Big on presentation and short on technical details. The technical level has improved over time, but it still is not terribly deep. A lot of work has gone into this book; but mostly on the presentation. Open the book anywhere and you find clearly defined sections and topics, with readable (and even enjoyable) text. It is not just that the tone is light and bantering, but that care has been taken to explain material in very easily understandable terms. If, that is, the material is there. There is an abundance of interesting information, but it may be difficult to extract that which is truly important. Given the number of contributors, opinions tend to be reasonably even-handed, but I am not sure that all readers will agree with the priorities. Fonts get only half of the one hundred pages they used to have, but ResEdit still gets only five pages. The book is Mac-like in another way. Books on using VMS don't gloat over OS/400. Books on UNIX don't point out the shortcomings of Pick. Books about MS-DOS don't repeatedly mention the 64K memory limit of CP/M. Why do Mac books consistently waste space and time on system bashing? The chapter on coexistence deals only with DOS, and the section on the Internet does not mention potential problems with file attachments or the variety of data file formats that may be encountered. This work can be valuable even before you buy a Mac. For anyone considering a purchase, the buying tips are very likely worth more than the price of the book, itself. For those who positively want to work on getting the most out of their Mac, this is a good, overall introduction. For the majority, there is certainly enough in here as to be useful for any Mac user. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994
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