Title: Mac OS X Panther, Pocket Guide Author: Chuck Toporek Publisher: O'REILLY ISBN: 0-596-006616-0 Media: Book, 158 pages, soft cover, comprehensive index. Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced (All= BIA) Price: US\$9.95

Strengths: This small little book is a pocket reference, and as such is loaded with tips and information. It might not cover everything, but by the time you finish reading it, you will certainly be a more sophisticated user. By that I mean you will be blazingly fast moving around your Mac (if you can remember all the tips). The book steps through in a natural order. First it takes care of all the people coming from other platforms (Windows and UNIX) and people coming from Mac OS 9 or earlier. From there it progresses with a bunch of tips for most of the relevant functions of the OS (Finder, Networking, Printing, Expos�, etc). It even goes through some basic shell stuff in UNIX. One will not learn how to manage all the UNIX shell interface with this book, but it helps one to get started. Certainly more than one bargained for. There are also some tips on tweaking the system.