Macs For Dummies

On top of author David Pogue's coverage of the system itself and Mac hardware, Macs for Dummies shows you how to use all the most popular Mac application programs, including AppleWorks (also known as ClarisWorks) and Microsoft Office. There's also an excellent glossary that helps you figure out jargon you may encounter in manuals and on the Internet.

This book would be better if Pogue had included more about creating local area networks (LANs) for Macs--such networks are popping up in homes and small offices everywhere. Setting up Mac LANs is so easy, it seems unnecessary to relegate information about it to More Macs for Dummies, as Pogue and his publisher have done. But by itself, the information here is extremely valuable, especially for people totally new to computing. Macs for Dummies makes you feel welcome in the Mac community. --David Wall

Product Description
Macs are famously easy to use -- but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot for you to know to use them better. For instance, what do you do if you have a PC at the office and need to work on a project on your Mac at home? Or suppose your Mac keeps running out of memory -- Do you really need all those things in your System Folder? You may be able to toss a large number of them and save yourself a few hundred bucks in RAM chips. Then there's the brave new world of the Internet -- How do you take your Mac out onto the open road of the Information Superhighway? In Macs For Dummies bestselling author and Macworld columnist David Pogue -- perhaps the most Mac-savvy person on the planet -- offers his knowledge on these and other essentials to keep you and your Mac smiling. Now in its fourth edition, Macs For Dummies gets you up to date with System 7.5 and new features you may want to take advantage of -- or avoid like the plague. No matter the variety of your Mac -- from Performa to PowerBook to Power Macintosh -- Pogue knows it inside and out. And, with Macs For Dummies, you will, too.