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13 July 1997

SURVIVING DAY 1 WITH WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION 4.0, Rebecca Bridges Altman (Que 0-7897-0995-3; paperback 103p), 1996.

At a list price of US$12.99, you don't expect too much. Computer books generally cost the equivalent of a dinner and movie for two in most towns. This one runs about the price of buying a box of microwaveable popcorn and a home video rental.

SURVIVING DAY 1 WITH WINDOWS NT is an example of a book that promises modest results, and delivers with panache. It's slim, cheap, and easy to tuck in your purse or attache. Clear and graphical, this little desktop reference promises only to illustrate for the user the fundamental differences in doing tasks in Windows 3.1 (NT or otherwise) and Windows NT 4.0. In doing so, it's an excellent primer for navigating the "new Windows 95" interface (there are few differences in functionality, and those only in certain system programs).

But it does more that just that. It also serves as a reverse reference to the older interface for those who find themselves working on older computers systems. Because the book is laid out in a side-by-side format (Windows 3.1 on the left, Windows 95/NT on the right), it can suit the neophyte who simply needs a quick reference for the older version of Windows. In a very rich, graphical manner, SURVIVING DAY 1 WITH WINDOWS NT earns a place right by your monitor for the first few months of easing into a new operating system environment. Only the absence of a good glossary and index blemish an otherwise "good buy."

-- D.B. Spalding

D.B. Spalding is a cross-media “infopreneur”: columnist, reviewer, producer, consultant and online content developer. He writes frequently about music, film, computing and the mass- and multimedia. Many of his articles can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.korova.com.

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