Would appreicate your ecommendations for books about Mountain Lion

[wrosie]

I'm going to order a 27" iMac (loaded) in a few weeks. I'm coming back to Mac after a 15 year hiatus (that's a polite word) with a series of PCs. My last experience with the Mac OS was 8.x, I believe. I'm excited about the new computer, and have no experience at all with OS X. So I thought it might be nice to spend the next few weeks pre-iMac-arrival with some good books about the OS. Here's what looked most relevant to me on amazon.com...would appreciate comments and guidance from those of you with more knowledge/experience than I:

*OS X Mountain Lion all in One for Dummies (Mark Chambers)
*Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual Mountain Lion Edition (David Pogue)
*OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual Mountain Lion Edition (David Pogue)
*OS X Mountain Lion Pocket Guide (Chris Seibold)

Any words of wisdom for me about what to read before the "new baby" arrives? Thanks in advance.

 

[sgharp]

I'm new to Mac coming from Linux and Windows. I'm currently reading the Kindle edition of the "Mac OS X Lion Bible" available on Amazon. It's based on a pre-release so there are some errors but it has very good coverage and i'm learning a lot. So far, the few errors I've come across haven't been a serious issue.

 

[Jon-PDX]

I'm still a new Mac user after using PC's since before Windows. I've thought about buying a book but so far I've been able to find most of what I needed to get up to speed on the Internet.

Besides this forum, I've found these articles to be helpful.

MAC 101 Getting started with your Mac
http://www.macworld.com/column/mac-101/

The newest articles are at the top of each page so you might want to start on page 2 and work your way back.

They also have ebooks (including .pdf format) available through their web site and also through iTunes.

http://www.macworld.com/premiumcontent/superguide/iphone5.html

Jon...

 

[hallux]

I bought
*Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual Lion Edition (David Pogue)
*OS X Lion: The Missing Manual Lion Edition (David Pogue)

18 months ago when I started learning Mac for work. To be honest, I've hardly had a need to crack them open. Those are both O'Reilly books, generally regarded as some of the best "how-to" or "how does it work" books in the tech world.

Yes, I modified the names to reflect the books I actually have. I may pick up the ML versions on my own dime (well, maybe not the "switching" one as I've already made the switch).

 

[wrosie]

Thanks for the input and suggestions...I appreciate your taking the time to respond.