On 14 Aug 2005, at 4:49 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: > The recently released "Mac OS X Tiger Edition: The Missing Manual" > by David Pogue is excellent, as expected, but it hardly serves as a > "simple beginners book." I suggest instead "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger" > by Robin Williams (Peachpit Learning Series), which CompUSA stores > had on sale for $10 not long ago. I will second the above assessment. If you want something easy to understand, Robin Williams is the author to look for. Pogue is probably more comprehensive. If you got both, you'd have all bases covered. Peter