Windows Vista Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft)) by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson
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Book Reviews of Windows Vista Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft))
Book Review: Essential reading for all things Windows Vista
Summary: 5 Stars
Like XP Inside and Out before it, this book covers -- superbly -- every major aspect of Windows Vista. Major topics include setup and startup, personalization, security and networking, digital media, and system maintenance and management. Subtopics include Vista's new Aero look, the new start menu, the (awesome) new search features, the new and improved Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Media Player 11, the new security features (including a persuasive defense of Vista's new UAC feature), and the new system maintenance and performance tools. It is essential reading for all things Vista.
The book is chock full of practical information and advice on how best to install, configure, operate, and maintain Vista. If there is one way to do something, they tell you the correct way. If there is more than one correct way, they tell you that, too. They often make recommendations about what method you should choose. I was particularly interested in the sections covering how to get the most out of the new performance tools such as the revamped Task Manager and new Resource Overview tool. If you regard yourself as a power user, you are going to love these new tools.
In sum, this book is your instruction manual for how to get the most out of Vista. This is regardless of what Vista edition you use or whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced user. As an extra bonus, the book also comes with a CD containing a searchable edition of the book and a few other goodies. You can install it on your hard drive and use it as a online guide. If I was going to buy only one Vista book, this is it. Just as the XP Inside and Out book was before it.
Book Review: Bravo!
Summary: 5 Stars
They've done it again. Those who have read Windows XP Inside-Out should proceed straight to Checkout because this Vista edition is the encore of that performance. Suffice it to say this book will fill your heart with the same joy and happiness you got from the last edition and so there is no need for you to read beyond this paragraph.
Multiple authors should be able to produce a better product than a lone ranger, and while that is not always realized, these authors have managed that achievement. The authors spent over three years on the book and solicited input from the source - the programmers and technical professionals who developed Vista. The result is a tome that is thorough and comprehensive.
Windows Vista Inside-Out covers all user features of all editions of Vista and indicates differences with XP - new or dropped features. The Inside-Out titles are not written for Grandma, and so it is presumed the reader is proficient at basic computing. After the basics, you can ride this tome from novice to power-user status or higher. There is plenty here to use or support Vista in a standalone or workgroup environment. Consider Windows Vista Resource Kit to fill the gaps, including deployment in server environments.
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Book Review: The Ultimate Book For More Technically Oriented Windows Vista Users
Summary: 5 Stars
Two books I consider as "Must Have" books for Windows Vista users are Windows Vista (Missing Manual) and Windows Vista Inside Out. I found most of what I needed to know in Windows Vista (Missing Manual), a great book to help one get up and running with the new Windows Vista operating system. I find the more technical information that interests me and allows me to keep learning even after I become a comfortable and competent user of Windows Vista in Windows Vista Inside Out. I would not be without either book.
Windows Vista Inside Out is and in-depth and comprehensive reference. Buy it. If you are technically oriented and enjoy continuous learning, this book will assist and guide you along. If you are like most Windows users, and I consider myself like most Windows users, you will not learn everything available to you in this book right away. As you use Windows Vista and need or want to know something more along the way, you are likely to find the information you need or want in Windows Vista Inside Out. I used Windows XP Inside Out and would not be without Windows Vista Inside Out.
Book Review: Vista Inside Out
Summary: 5 Stars
Windows Vista Inside Out
I am in my early 70s and can still remember that a farmer whom I worked for at the time would not buy a tractor, because it would be less cost effective than the horses he used. I found this book very useful, practical and easy to understand. It tells you more than you will ever want to know, however, where is the glossary? With the overwhelming quantity of acronyms, though well explained it would from time to time be handy to be able to just look the meaning up in a list rather then to have to back track in the text. Great book nevertheless.
Book Review: "Windows Vista Inside Out" publication release 1
Summary: 5 Stars
This exactly what ever IT tech needs for Vista along with "Windows Vista Administrator's Pocket Consultant". Even though they where gong to delay the release of this publication to revise it for the actual released version of Vista, it is jammed full of professional IT info. When the next release and updated version of "Windows Vista Inside Out" is published I will be buying immediately. It is a must have for experienced computer enthusiast's and professional IT technicians.
Dennis K
Best Buy Geek Squad IT technician