Good Book(s) for Vista?

Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
to help with Vista?

Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
do.

Thanks.

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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Vista probably wont be around long enough for anybody to write a book on it.
Vista is so poorly structured and such a disgusting a piece of incredibly
poorly structured software no author of any repute would want to put his
name to a Vista book.




"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
> to help with Vista?
>
> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
> do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>

Windows Vista Inside Out - Ed Bott
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Vista-.../dp/0735622701
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http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
> to help with Vista?
>
> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
> do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>

"Richard" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Vista probably wont be around long enough for anybody to write a book on
> it.


Gee. You'd think that before making such a statement, you would at least
bother to CHECK first.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...=windows+vista

Makes ya look kinda stupid that you didn't.

My impression, which could be very wrong, is that books like these -- no
matter who the author or the publsher -- are basically created like this:
The author or publisher is allowed a sneak peak at the new version of
windows (or say, Office, Access, etc) months in advance of the software's
release so that he or she will have time to write the book. I'm guessing
most of the books on this subject say the same thing because most of the
authors were granted the same exposure to the software in advance of the
release. Though they may not carry an explicit Microsoft authorization,
these books wouldn't exist without Microsoft's help.
What I'm getting at is that the book you're looking for doesn't exist. It's
possible that the existing Vista books will be updated to cover changes in
the OS, but I don't think you're going to find some user writing a
completely new book based on his post-RTM experiences with Vista.
You'd probably be better off finding that kind of evaluation on web sites.



"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
> to help with Vista?
>
> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
> do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>

Have you looked the Vista Resource Kit and updated Vista Administrator's
Handbook?

"DP" <> wrote in message
news:eXVqw$...
>
> My impression, which could be very wrong, is that books like these -- no
> matter who the author or the publsher -- are basically created like this:
> The author or publisher is allowed a sneak peak at the new version of
> windows (or say, Office, Access, etc) months in advance of the software's
> release so that he or she will have time to write the book. I'm guessing
> most of the books on this subject say the same thing because most of the
> authors were granted the same exposure to the software in advance of the
> release. Though they may not carry an explicit Microsoft authorization,
> these books wouldn't exist without Microsoft's help.
> What I'm getting at is that the book you're looking for doesn't exist.
> It's possible that the existing Vista books will be updated to cover
> changes in the OS, but I don't think you're going to find some user
> writing a completely new book based on his post-RTM experiences with
> Vista.
> You'd probably be better off finding that kind of evaluation on web sites.
>
>
>
> "CWLee" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
>> to help with Vista?
>>
>> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
>> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
>> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
>> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
>> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
>> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
>> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
>> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
>> do.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> ----------
>> CWLee
>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>
>

"DP" <> wrote

> My impression, which could be very wrong, is that books
like these -- no
> matter who the author or the publsher -- are basically
created like this:
> The author or publisher is allowed a sneak peak ...

I think you are correct.

> ... the book you're looking for doesn't exist ...You'd
probably be better off finding that kind of evaluation on
web sites.

As the OP, I'm not looking for "evaluations" so much as
detailed "instructions", techniques, tricks, etc. on how to
do various minor things in Vista. I note on many of the
newsgroups (Vista and otherwise) that lots of people have
simple to ask questions - how to change icons, fonts,
add/drop one feature or another, etc. - which are generally
answered by helpful people in the newsgroup. I also suspect
that most of these techniques are spelled out - as they were
for Windows 3.1 and Windows 2000 (and perhaps Windows XP) in
books like "xxx for Dummies" or "pocket guide to xxx" - in
one of the books currently on the shelves of the big
bookstores.

Thanks for your input.

So how does it feel to be a total idiot ??..Vista works just fine for the
majority of those using it...Pull your head out of your ass and learn how to
use a computer and not bitch about something you obviously know nothing
about.....just my 3 cents
"Richard" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Vista probably wont be around long enough for anybody to write a book on
> it. Vista is so poorly structured and such a disgusting a piece of
> incredibly poorly structured software no author of any repute would want
> to put his name to a Vista book.
>
>
>
>
> "CWLee" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
>> to help with Vista?
>>
>> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
>> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
>> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
>> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
>> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
>> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
>> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
>> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
>> do.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> ----------
>> CWLee
>> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
>> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
>> promote for performance, not preferences.
>>
>

Windows Vista for Starters - The Missing Manual

The author is David Pogue, and the publisher is O'Reilly

Cost = US$19.99 - CAN$25.99

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"CWLee" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
> to help with Vista?
>
> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
> do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> ----------
> CWLee
> Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
> cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
> promote for performance, not preferences.
>

It really depends on your knowledge level, what you want to do, and how
much information you really need and want. You can get one that helps
you optimize Vista, or administer it as a network admin, or beginning
Vista, or whatever...

--
Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com


CWLee wrote:
> Is there any consensus here about the best book to purchase
> to help with Vista?
>
> Every few weeks I browse in Borders looking for the
> appropriate book. Fortunately there are no more with 2006
> copyright dates, but many of the 2007 ones seem to have been
> written either just before, or immediately after, Vista was
> released to the public. I'm looking for a book written
> after the author had at least 6 months experience actually
> using Vista, instead of just reading press releases about
> how good it was going to be, and what it was "supposed" to
> do.
>
> Thanks.
>