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| SCORE!!! Macworld Mac Secrets 5th Edition . . . |
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2010-01-08 17:46:05
. . . circa 1999, List Price: $49.99 . . .Complete WITH the original CD! 8-o
This is just perfect for my OS 9.2 lifestyle!
Snagged it at Goodwill, just now, on the way to Caribou Coffee for $.75! [😀] ]'>
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Posted by: Scott Baret on 2010-01-08 17:55:12
"Secrets" is by far the best Mac book out there. It covers all those things the other books don't and includes some pretty detailed historical reference sections. The software is a bonus--quite a bit of it is useful.
David Pogue is my favorite tech author--great writing style, extremely informative, awesome sense of humor, and a great guy--I met him four years ago when he came to speak at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.
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Posted by: PowerPup on 2010-01-08 20:33:52
What a coincidence! My local goodwill happens to have a copy of Macworld Mac Secrets 5th Edition. 😀 (Don't know if the CD was with it.) Though as far as I know they're not having a book sale, so it would cost $2. So if someone wants it I might be able to pick it up for them. Depends if it's still there the next time I'm there.
This book helped me learn how to network macs with localtalk. And understand networking. Back when I didn't even know how networking even worked! 🙂
Congrats on your find Trash80toHP_Mini! 😎
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2010-01-10 06:09:27
That sounds like one to keep an eye out for.
Back when I bought my first Mac, I picked up (retail) a copy of Peachpit Press' Macintosh Bible (third or fourth edition?) That book both opened my eyes and saved my neck many a time.
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Posted by: ~Coxy on 2010-01-10 19:35:48
The Macintosh Bible is great too. I reread my 3rd edition recently and it gives me a nice warm nostalgiac feeling, of the days where there was enthusiasm and trepidation of the oft-delayed System 7, and you had to juggle the fonts in memory of your LaserWriter to get faster print speeds.
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2010-01-11 10:07:45
Yep, Mac Bible and Mac Secrets are the two classics which alway stay on my shelf-- never in a box. Dr. Macintosh was a fun read too, and I keep Upgrading and Repairing Macs handy as well.
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Posted by: techfury90 on 2010-01-11 19:57:19
My copy of that is so ridiculously worn its not even funny. Both the front and back covers are long gone...
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Posted by: Scott Baret on 2010-01-12 16:50:53
I have the same problem with my 2nd Edition of the book. In fact, I once got a like-new copy at a library book sale just in case the old one wore out! Now I'm forced to use my coverless, broken spine 2nd Edition, as I got my like-new copy autographed by David Pogue (along with one of the many Missing Manuals).
I also have a copy of Que's "Upgrading and Repairing Macs" that has a cover made from duct tape. I was forced to do this nine years ago after six years of reading the book had worn it out.
I used to read both of these books almost daily. Both got counted for Book-It during second grade!!! (Keep in mind they each have 1000+ pages).
With the "Mac Bible", I got an ex-library book. This not only saved me a bundle (I got the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions for $1 each back when I was in middle school), it also gave me sturdier bindings. Those old library book sales allowed me to score some real gems in addition to the ones I mentioned--I got another copy of the Que book (brand new), Peter Norton and Jim Heid's "Inside the Apple Macintosh" (not too common of a book but quite good), and a practically new copy of DOS for Dummies--all for $1 each. Of course, I would have really been happy if I had found some Larry Pina titles or either of Arthur Naiman's non-Mac Bible books ("Macbook"--yes, the name was used on a Naiman book years before the computer of the same name came out--and "This is the Mac, It's Supposed to be Fun").
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Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2010-01-12 18:54:41
I tried googling "AppleDesign," hit the "6 used STARTING at $168.00 at Amazon.com wall" . . .
. . . and came to a rather abrupt stop. [xx(] ]'>
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2010-01-13 10:45:16
Both got counted for Book-It during second grade!!! (Keep in mind they each have 1000+ pages). So I wasn't the only one to pull that stunt back in the day. Ha! :lol:
I also have a copy of Que's "Upgrading and Repairing Macs" that has a cover made from duct tape. I was forced to do this nine years ago after six years of reading the book had worn it out. I have two of these, though they are a bit dissimilar. One is newer and says MacWEEK and such on it, the other is older and says Que on it. The front cover picture is the same, and the content is mostly the same, but not exactly. I ought to have a picture to show.
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Posted by: techfury90 on 2010-01-14 09:12:28
http://abbott.lib.ecu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/Mp06RQx7mP/JOYNER/166890071/13
I think I'm going to check that out today.
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Posted by: IPNixon on 2010-01-14 09:37:52
http://abbott.lib.ecu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/Mp06RQx7mP/JOYNER/166890071/13
I think I'm going to check that out today. Yay for timed-out sessions.
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Posted by: techfury90 on 2010-01-14 13:33:16
Yeah, go figure. It was the ECU library's copy of AppleDesign, which I just checked out 🙂
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