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- From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
- Subject: Re: Which Inside Macintosh books are most essential?
- References: <1993Jan7.012839.18495@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:05:40 GMT
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- In <1993Jan7.012839.18495@leland.Stanford.EDU> bizarre@leland.Stanford.EDU
- (Bruce Templeton) writes:
-
- >I've got enough money now to buy 2 or 3 of the new Inside Macintosh books.
- >Which ones are the most essential? I figured that _Toolbox Essentials_ is
- >necessary, but which others should I buy?
-
- If you do not already have all 6 IM 1st edition volumes, you might be better
- off getting them instead. The new edition is a fine concept, but your dilemma
- is the problem with them: 15 volumes cost a lot of cash. The 1st edition full
- set may not give you the same depth as the new ones, but they are at least
- complete thru 7.0 and give one a very good sense of compatibility depth (i.e.
- throw out v5 and v6 if you want things running on a Plus with 6.0.x, steer
- clear of v.6 if you want 6.0.x compatibility, etc.)
-
- On the other hand, if you have the full 1st edition set, you are really only in
- need of depth, and where you need that is very subjective. I would recommend
- Files and Memory, but TB Essentials is probably a close 3rd. That is based not
- on how inmportant the topic is, but on the additional depth provided over the
- original. I find that even with the new edition, I still go back to the old
- volumes (esp 1-4) for a lot of my reference, simply because they are briefer.
-