[X4U] Re: best book on panther

Eddie Hargreaves meged at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 18 17:34:11 PST 2005


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




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