Yes, I've read three editions of David Pogue's Mac OS X: The Missing Manual and "recommend it to anyone who is new to Mac OS X or wants to maximize their knowledge of the system's capability." http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/april2004/books.html#7 On 2/18/05 12:39 PM, Mark Des Cotes <mark at astroprinting.com> wrote: > David Pogue's Missing Manual is the book I recommend to everyone. It's > helped me out more times than I can remember. > > > On Feb 18, 2005, at 3:25 PM, DG Hagey wrote: > >>> >>>> What's the best book on Panther? >>> >>> Who are you? A Mac OS 9 user who wants to know how to adapt to Mac OS >>> X? >>> >>> An experienced OS X user who wants to get into the internals of the >>> Terminal? >>> >>> A newby OS X user who wants to read the 'Missing Manual'? >>> >>> A Windows user who wants to know where the Network Connections >>> Control Panel can be found? >> >> I was an OS 9 user for 5 years before switching to Jaguar a year ago. >> I just upgraded to Panther before Christmas and realize that there is >> a lot that I'd like to learn about the OS. I don't even understand >> what the Terminal is, let alone know how to use it yet. It looks like >> David Pogue's Missing Manual is recommended most, is this a good place >> to start? >> >> dg