Switching to mac: The missing manual

I saw this and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition at the apple store. Are they worth buying?

kilo15 said:

I saw this and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition at the apple store. Are they worth buying?

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I picked it up at Waldenbooks (which is closing most of their stores) at a 25% discount for $25 (w/ tax). It's very thorough, but it doesn't get into the nuts and bolts. But if you want a good overview of the OS X, iLife and the other assorted applications, it's a good read.

thanks....What do you mean by nuts and bolts.

kilo15 said:

thanks....What do you mean by nuts and bolts.

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You're not going to learn about the behind the scenes things like the kernal, BSD and development tools for example. It's not a "power users guide". It's exactly what the name implies... the missing manual. It covers everything the user would see on a day-to-day basis.

I found a book at barnes & noble called mac os x in easy steps or something like that it was $1.99 very basic but hey for $2...

Thanks again.

Mac OS X The Missing Manaual is an extremely worthwhile book to get and read. I got it shortly after I switched and it has repaid me the time I spent with it abundantly. I can't recommend it enough.

mac57 said:

Mac OS X The Missing Manaual is an extremely worthwhile book to get and read. I got it shortly after I switched and it has repaid me the time I spent with it abundantly. I can't recommend it enough.

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Great to hear. Going to buy it tomorrow.

I agree with mac57. I bought the Tiger Missing Manual on Amazon and the thing is a beast. Chock full of useful information. I haven't gone through most of it (then again, I'm using it for reference, not a full read through) but I've already learned a ton, especially small things like shortcuts and eye candy. I would highly recommend it to every switcher