Freeware and Shareware Books

Colarik's advice is pretty sensible and presented in as nontechnical a manner as possible. I don't think anyone can quarrel about the proferred advice. Though I'm a little dubious of "Executive" in the book's title. Perhaps he's trying to appeal to the ego of the reader. Or perhaps it's just a way to underline that this is not a specialised technical book.

There are explanations of various types of attacks that your computer might meet. And protective, largely preventive countermeasures on your part. For this, the best advice might be to install an antivirus scanner and regularly run it. Along with having it connect to its vendor's website, to download the latest virus signatures. Another good advice is to consider running a firewall. These days, you might not even need a dedicated device. Software firewalls are now quite refined.

This book along with it's included CDrom quickly earns it's worth in saving you time by telling you what's a good value for spending your money on and getting, and not. It's lay out, approach, and suggestions are on target. Get it!

This book saves one money since it's does the research to sort out the good values. It allows you work faster, optimize your mac, track your finances, and just plain work faster. Get it! And the bonus is that is comes with a great CDrom for $ 18.00!

After purchasing the book, I was amazed at how many applications are already available for the Mac OS X. No one can say the Mac OS X doesn't have enough software written for it. The software disk is a big plus as well. Good job Robert!