The Little Mac Book

Berkeley, Calif: Peachpit Press, 1999. Very Good. A classic returns, this time updated to include Mac OS 8.6, the iMac, and m ore Internet material. The Little Mac Book will fit your needs extraordinar ily well if you've chosen to get into personal computing by way of a Macint osh computer and want a friendly and thorough guide. Robin Williams--no, not the comic actor--assumes her readers have no comput er experience at all. She provides explanations of all the essentials as we ll as the perennial stumper for all Mac novices--how to get the floppy disk out of its drive! She also explains why hooking Macs together in a network is easier than you might think and shows how to use Sherlock to extract th e information you need from the Internet. Since she focuses on Mac OS 8.6 i n general, her approach is suitable for users of all Macs who use that syst em, including the iMac and iBook. Throughout, her love for the Mac and its community of users is obvious. A lot of effort has gone into this book's design too--there are few slapped -in screen shots and lots of carefully trimmed and laid-out illustrations. Not enough publishers put this kind of care into their books' production. A s a result of the collaboration between Williams and her publisher, The Lit tle Mac Book is a joy to look at, hold, read, and use. --David Wall Topics covered: The Mac OS 8.6 system; the mouse, the keyboard, file manage ment, Mac text editing, and Internet tips. Book News, Inc. A tutorial chapter walks the beginner through the basics of getting started on a Macintosh computer, while the rest of the guide can be referred to when executing specific tasks. The sixth edition is specifically written for Mac OS 8.