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March 2004 Computer Book Reviews

Welcome to our computer book reviews for March 2004. These days personal computer software often doesn't come with any instruction book. They leave you with a CD-ROM and a prayer. So its great to be able to buy a computer book that helps teach you how to use your software. We've been using personal computers since 1979, and writing computer book reviews since 1981, so we've seen computer books come a long way. Where they used to be aimed strictly at the computer programmers, today's computer books are aimed squarely at Joe and Jane Consumer. We hope you'll come back here every month. We'll always try to bring you contemporary, informative and interesting reviews of computer books.


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Old Fart's Guide to the Macintosh 2nd edition image

Old Fart's Guide to the Macintosh 2nd edition
by Rosenzweig. Aaron, Charles W. Moore

Cocoa Nuts Technology
Paperback
ISBN# 0-9742-1882-0
Suggested Retail Price: $29.95 or as low as $22.47 from Amazon.com!


As someone now well into my geezerhood, I can certainly sympathize with the masses of mature computer users who struggle every day to get their electronic nemesis to behave. Few books cut through the haze of jargon as well as Aaron Rosenzweig has in this book.

While written for the less-than-techno-savvy, the book strives to keep up to date with the most popular uses for computers by adults - word processing, EMail and web surfing. He covers the things that give older Macintosh users the most trouble - saving files, computer viruses, and system settings and does it without condescending or needless humor. Just straight information presented in a clear, accessible manner that any computer user would welcome when they're having trouble understanding the way their computer works. Its a great reference book that I strongly recommend.




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