Computer books, like computer software, get bigger all the time. The
Macintosh Bible, first published a decade ago, has reached its sixth edition:
991 pages edited by Jeremy Judson (Peachpit Press, Berkeley, California,
$29.95, ISBN 0 201 88636 7). Nobody will read every page, but this
well-indexed tome is packed with hints and answers to the questions you wish
computer and software makers had dealt with themselves. Brief tutorials cover
those elementary concepts nobody every bothers to explain, like just what is a
database. But don’t expect too much from the sometimes patchy software
comparisons, which only rarely go beyond “why I like this product” essays to
mention the ugly little bugs that drive less committed users crazy.
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