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Book:   Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
Subject:   Great For Dinosaurs
Date:   2008-12-20 18:59:28
From:   JarheadBlaine
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

In 1978 I received my Master's in Fine Arts Photography. Recently I've been trying to convert my knowledge of photography to digital. Trying to do this in a Windows environment was driving me crazy but my new Vista powered Dell Inspiron laptop was the final straw. Out went my PCs and off to the Tucson, Arizona Apple Store I went. I purchased a new MacBook Pro and this book was recommended by the Genius I spoke with. I bought it with the new computer.


I'm a 62 year old dinosaur and the book has been a huge help in getting my system up and running. I have found that the only thing keeping me from getting all of my questions answered is my inability to ask and or look things up properly. On my PC keyboards, both laptop and desktop, I had an "END" key. I loved that key. I didn't love it enough to tolerate Vista but I still loved it. I miss my "END" key. I assume that there is a shortcut or method of some sort to get the same result from my Mac but I can't find it and I can't figure out where to look or what question to ask. Maybe an index for the chronologically impaired would help. This is the only sticking point or this book would receive 5 stars from me.


Oops, it's 8:00 PM. I'd better shuffle off to bed.


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"The preeminent general reference source for Mac OS X has always been the Missing Manual Series written by David Pogue. The latest iteration in the series is its Mac OS X Leopard Edition, completely revised, and it is the biggest, most comprehensive, and most useful of all the editions in the series."
--John Suda, Slashdot.org

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